Of falsehoods and the rise of 'Islamic' terrorism

The English dictionary defines terrorism as the ‘unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aim’.  In the current geo-political context terrorism has become synonymous with violent extremism, nay, Islamic fundamentalism.

The manner of definition and understanding differs but currently the phrase violent extremism is interchangeably used to mean terrorism.  Unfortunately, the religion of Islam has gotten itself in the mix of all these. There is no doubt that groups of people who were born Muslim sometimes use the Islamic religion as a tool to further their cause by radicalising the youth through brain-washing and indoctrinating them with extreme views of other people’s cultures, rights and freedoms.