Terrorism and remedies with non-violence

1. Terrorism a Global Violence &
its remedies through
Non-Violence Activities
W. Romen Mangang
romenmangang.w@gmail.com

2. What is Terrorism?
• Comes from the French word ‘terrorisme’
derived from the Latin verb ‘terreō’ meaning
“I frighten”.
• An act that uses, or threatens to use,
premeditated violence against noncombatants
to coerce a group into some course of action,
the debate over the justness of terrorism is
about the relevant features of a terrorist act.

3. Terror Attacks
Since the 1970 to the present day - 104,000
cases.
Includes - 47,000 bombings,
14,000 assassinations, &
5,300 kidnappings.
There are around 256 International terrorists
group carrying on.
India alone has a total of more than 50 terrorist
incidents.

4. Types
Nationalist
Religious
State-sponsored
Left-wing
Right-wing
Anarchist

5. What does People Think?
• Islamophobia – Fear/ Hate of Islam
Reasons-
60% of the groups are Muslim extremist.
Journalist reports/ News

6. What makes a Terrorist?
Economic deprivation
Unemployment
Lack of education
Revenge
Belief
Social injustice
Social inequality
*The fact that these monsters are created by
ourselves cannot be denied

7. How to tackle?
• Killing the terrorist won’t end terrorism; it will
only help ignite it even more.
• Pro-active i.e., preventive measures
(Enlightenment)
“You can kill a person, but it will take ages to kill an Ideology.”

8. What is Non-violence?
• Nonviolence is about building positive
relationships with all beings — love,
compassion, respect, understanding and
appreciation.
• Nonviolence is also about not judging people
as we perceive them to be —
that is, a murderer is not born a murderer;
a terrorist is not born a terrorist.

9. How violence starts..
2 types of violence –
Physical & Passive violence
Wealth without work
Pleasure without conscience
Knowledge without character
Commerce without morality
Science without humanity
Worship without sacrifice
Politics without principle
*Passive violence ignites Physical Violence

10. Combating terrorism
• Wage of war has increased hatred and in turn
increase in terrorist militants
• Nonviolent measures should be indubitably
brought into consideration.
• Physical violence & Passive violence has to be
stopped.

11. Education
• A fresh educational principle will be able to
impact and transform younger generation on
the way to better .
“Enlighten your youths”

12. Proof..
A very interesting case happened in Jammu &
Kashmir, in India, where a NGO decided to
provide education to children in a terror hit
district. Surprisingly many terrorists surrendered
after they saw that their children were getting
good education and their families were now
getting support from the Government.

13. Employment
• Unemployment causes many of our youths to
turn to terrorism.
• As a matter of fact, even most of the people in
India choose Maoist ways to get what has
been taken away from them.

14. Developing Civic Society
• Developing civic society, improving
community relations, empowering women,
and practicing tolerance are the keys in
combating terrorism.
• Small steps can make a huge difference.
• Civic societies should work shoulders to
shoulders globally.
• Every diplomatic mission should make
convincing Muslims that the West is not an
aggressor a priority & vice versa.

15. Entrepreneurship
• Al Qaeda promise Paradise, the eternal life in the
Eden enjoying the company of God and a plenty
of pleasures as price for the sacrifice.
• But entrepreneurs can promise New Hopes.
• The effective way to aid other countries is just
listen to them. Our help will be answering
questions on what they want to do.
• Encourage persons with an entrepreneurial vision
means strength their hopes, their dignity, their
will to live better but as they want and not as we
do.

16. Stopping terrorism- End
the Hate
• By ending the wars and focusing on building a
better relationship with the people it will be
possible to end the threat of terrorism within
a generation.
• Continuing the circle of hatred is only going to
result in continued terrorism.

17. What they says…
"They (terrorists) are very brilliant
and educated...but a strong ill
feeling is bred in them. Their minds
are closed,“
-Dalai Lama
- He said the only way to tackle terrorism is through
prevention.

18. What they says…
“When in despair I remember that
all through history the way of truth
and love has always won; there
have been tyrants and murderers,
and for a time they can seem
invincible, but in the end they
always fall.”
-M.K. Gandhi
*Gandhi realized that political struggles are ultimately a
battle for hearts and minds.

19. Conclusion.
• War itself is a form of terrorism. Only
nonviolent methods can do , by attempting to
resolve the underlying political and social
factors that give rise to armed violence.
• Nonviolent is a necessary antidote to the
ideology of extreme violence.
• Gandhi often said, “An eye for an eye leaves
the whole world blind.”
• A positive attitude can change the world.

20. Thank You.
TWBHVD