The Root Cause of Terrorism is Oppression

The Root Cause of Terrorism is Oppression
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Terrorism is the act of engaging in destructive acts or causing mayhem by a group of people in order to pursue their agenda. This act of intolerance has been on the rise especially in Muslim countries. Terror groups such as the al-Qaida and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant have emerged in different parts of the Asia and Africa. Their agenda is to impose the sharia law in the Muslim community. This is because they feel oppressed by the Western countries which are composing of the Christian majority (Duyvesteyn & Peeters, 2015).
Although the Quran does not teach radical Islamic doctrines, most radical youths in Afghanistan and Iraq feel that the high level of poverty and unemployment in their country is related to oppression. Their countries have huge oil reserves which is the key economic sector in most of the Arabic countries. The foreign oil mining firms extract immense proceeds but leave the local citizens wallowing in poverty (Primoratz, 2015).
In addition, the government of the United States controls their economy and exploited their resources. This imperialism has received criticism from the oppressed citizens of the Arabic countries although their government seems to support the American government. Their current governments are reluctant to address their grievances. The Muslims feel angry since the distributive economic injustices have never been addressed. They believe the only solution to the problem is taking arms and forcibly implementing the sharia law (Miller & State, 2016).
Moreover, most terrorist are victims of the retributive injustices from their dictatorial governments. They were mistreated and tortured by their political leaders most of whom were dictators for political reasons. This has created negative attitude towards their leaders forcing them to express the concerns through acts of violence and political intolerance (Miller & State, 2016).
Furthermore, cultural imperialism is another form of oppression that causes terrorism. In this case, the dominant culture becomes the standard culture in the society and the minority group is forced to adapt to the norm. The minority group with the subordinate culture feels insecure and expresses their dissatisfaction by becoming hostile. This is true especially in the Africa where the Muslim feel oppressed and victimized by the Christian majority (Miller & State, 2016).
Moral exclusion stands out to be another prevalent form of oppression which causes terrorism. In this instance, there are established boundaries which define the individuals who should or not be subjected to unfair treatments. The religion, ethnic, race or region which is excluded from the inclusion criteria is marginalized and victimized by the government. This breeds terroriststhat rise to avenge their mistreatment (Miller & State, 2016).
Finally, procedural injustice oppresses citizens causing intolerance and violence. The citizens from certain ethnic or religious background may be subjected to unfair trial especially in the legal trial of victims. This is mostly evident in most parts of the world where terrorism is common. Terror suspects from certain ethnic background are unfairly...