The Religious Roots of Terror

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[The Church of England Newspaper] July 29, 2005--Terror campaigns aim to stir up crisis in a society, and the tragic shooting of the unfortunate Brazilian electrician, Jean Charles de Menezes, in Stockwell Tube station reveals how successful it can be. The security services were on full alert, the public was nervous after the failed second round of bombings, and the suspect also very much on edge. This was an accident primed by the terrorists and ready to happen. The miserable irony in this process is that blame ricochets from the deliberate mass murderers to the security forces trying to keep the peace, as they react forcefully to protect the public. That is the terrorists' plan and it is very hard to counter. No doubt the same dynamic will be at work in Egypt as the authorities try to round up the assassins of Sharm el-Sheikh, but there the aim is to set Muslim against Muslim, as it is in Iraq.