It seems that the international community needs some other approach to fight terrorism. Use of force has so far failed in yielding the desired results. I feel that the world powers are treating symptoms not the causes. This approach is very disturbing, as it is not at all helping the cause. The first thing that the international community should do is to assess all the aspects of the situation. There is a great need for studying the factors responsible for a rise in extremism in the Muslim world. The world powers should revisit their policies toward the Muslim world. An objective analysis of the war against terrorism would reveal that many western policies have proved to be counterproductive. The approach of “one-size fits all” should be done away with.

Raheel Ahmed

Dammam