Fanaticism targeting children

The British intelligence announced lately that Islamic fundamentalism is targeting children. This announcement made headline news in the country. The whole statement and the media reaction towards it sounded really funny and sad at the same time. It is funny because such a discovery came as if the British Intelligence reinvented the wheel. What did they think religious fundamentalists would target? Did they think they would go to elderly homes and recruit them and indoctrinate them? Any dictatorial regime would start indoctrinating and brainwashing children and young people in order to secure control over the coming generations. This statement is also sad because it reflects the ignorance and slow action of our security systems.

Islamic fundamentalism has been spreading in the mosques and faith schools for years. I wonder where the British Intelligence was all this time. Hard-line fanatics in every religion search diligently for vulnerable children and young people in order to plant in them their ideas and beliefs. To fight such a phenomenon, we should develop as intelligent and as effective strategies. Education is the best and most powerful way to face this evil phenomenon which is growing inside every religion around the world. I still believe we are not fully aware of the tremendous impact of this extreme religious movement and the consequences of delaying serious actions to stop it. We are still too slow and we are only reacting more than acting which is not enough at all. Fanaticism is like any evil which is always quick and clever in its ways to trap people. Our responsibility is to be alert and act wisely in this critical and sensitive time we live in.