International Journal of Emerging Trends in Information & Knowledge Management (Online ISSN: 2581-3579)

Importance of Education in Countering Global Radicalism and Terrorism

2024-01-15T10:35:33+00:00

This research article has been written to analyse the rise of terrorism and religious radicalization on the world stage in the present context. Efforts to counter violent radicalization in Europe have been documented in official documents since 2005, with updates in 2008 and 2014 and 2020 (European Commission, 2020). European countries have successively introduced measures to promote the assimilation of not only immigrant populations, but also refugees and asylum seekers (Eurydice, 2019). This objective is in line with the objective of the Council of Europe, which was originally set out to promote European identity with the aim of establishing greater unity between states and protecting fundamental freedoms and human rights (Council of Europe, 1949). That is why Europe is facing important challenges. The lack of trust in political processes, the political apathy of citizens, and the rise in violent extremism are among the most serious threats to civil liberties and the values of tolerance that lie at its core. The 9/11 terrorist attacks were a defining moment in America. Since then, Europe has regarded the terrorist threat as a threat. Europe has also become a place where radicalization and terrorist recruitment have flourished, and where the number of radicalized individuals has increased. However, they are associated with many of the characteristics of jihad, such as Islamic jihad culture, socio-economic deprivation and radicalization and cultural alienation. Terrorist attacks have caused social upheaval, provoked a sharp reaction in the media and threaten traditional European values. Most terrorist attacks have been carried out by so-called "domestic fighters" influenced by the rhetoric of domestic jihadism. They are predominantly second or third generation European citizens of Muslim immigrants who were born and raised in Europe.

Is there a Connection between Knowledge (Epistemology), Reality (Ontology) and Leadership?

2024-03-28T06:06:07+00:00

Examining the literature on philosophy, including the works of Plato and Buddha, we see that the body of knowledge of philosophy has experienced exponential growth, radicalisation, and transition from early theorisations. Philosophical perspectives have seeped into many other disciplines and influenced all facets of the academic landscape. Philosophy has subtly found its way into religion, health and nutrition, spirituality, mathematics, family life, demography, sociology and medicine, politics, and Education. To grasp why philosophy has seeped into the consciousness of all facets of human reality, a review of something Knight postulated put the pieces together: philosophy is " …examining, synthesising, analysing, speculating, prescribing and evaluating" information and their values and beliefs" (Knight, 2006, p. 5).The study of philosophy has guided man in his limited quest for knowledge, and yet the ultimate knowledge is simple: God. This ultimate God is so complex that humans have missed it for materialism. Why do we say this? Because man wants to create his intellectualisation of what is or what he thinks is and boast of their accomplishment, they have circumvented seeking God as the primary vehicle for understanding life. Historically, humans have intellectualised much to recognise it as a fallacy. The world was flat and a truth; the educational system taught and supported this philosophy to unearth whether this was a myth or wrong. Historically, there have been many, including the works of Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, and the sound barrier.Leadership is only a subset of an individual's philosophy, which frames their reality, interprets what and accounts for one's reality, how knowledge is attained, and values in leadership discourse.