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    Compassionate Counterterrorism: The Power of Inclusion In Fighting Fundamentalism
    Compassionate Counterterrorism: The Power of Inclusion In Fighting Fundamentalism
    Compassionate Counterterrorism: The Power of Inclusion In Fighting Fundamentalism
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    Compassionate Counterterrorism: The Power of Inclusion In Fighting Fundamentalism

    Written by Leena Al Olaimy

    Narrated by Ana Clements

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    From purchasing pay-per-view pornography to smoking pot, many so-called Muslim terrorists prove by their actions that they aren’t motivated by devotion to religion, Leena Al Olaimy argues. So why do they really turn to violence, and what does that tell us about the most effective way to combat terrorism?

    Al Olaimy sets the stage by providing a quick, thoughtful grounding in the birth of Islam in a barbaric Game of Thrones-like seventh-century Arabia, the evolution of fundamentalist thought, and the political failures of the postcolonial period. She reveals that terrorists are motivated by economic exclusion, lack of opportunity, social marginalization, and political discrimination. This is why using force to counter terrorism is ineffective — it exacerbates the symptoms without treating the cause. Moreover, data shows that military interventions led to the demise of only 12 percent of religious terrorist groups.

    Combining compelling data with anecdotal evidence, Al Olaimy sheds light on unorthodox and counterintuitive strategies to address social woes that groups like ISIS exploit. For example, she describes how Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim country, has decreased terrorism while paradoxically becoming more overtly religious. Or how Mechelen, the city with Belgium’s largest Muslim population, adopted integration policies so effective that not one of its 20,000 Muslims left to join ISIS. Using religion, neuroscience, farming, and even love, this audiobook offers many inspiring examples and — for once — an optimistic outlook on how we can not just fight but prevent terrorism.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBerrett-Koehler Publishers
    Release dateFeb 26, 2019
    ISBN9781523098613
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    Leena Al Olaimy

    Leena Al Olaimy is the cofounder of 3BL Associates, an award-winning social enterprise, advancing progress on nine of the seventeen interconnected sustainable development goals (SDGs), including peace, climate change, and economic growth. She is a Dalai Lama Fellow, a Salzburg Global Fellow, a Soliya Fellow and a Wall Street Journal ‘Woman of Note' and is listed among Bahrain's Most Influential Women by Business in Gulf. Her work has included transforming youth adversarial activism from non-violent resistance to ‘non-violent resilience.’ Leena has written on politics, entrepreneurship and sustainability for the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Blog, Open Democracy, Stanford Social Innovation Review, the Huffington Post and Wamda. She has been quoted in Forbes and Arabic Knowledge@Wharton, and her multi-disciplinary insights have been sought by Chatham House, the Tri-Lateral Commission, and several United Nations organizations. She has given 150+ talks globally, including TEDxCarthage—the largest in Africa —and recently chaired a roundtable on 'Empowering Communities for Positive Change' during HRH the Prince of Wales' visit to Bahrain.

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