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Stop Terrorism In Australia

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Terrorism has been a household word for a while now, especially after the 9/11 attacks in the US, the Bali bombings and the Sydney siege. We have become more aware of the situation as there have been many attacks within in the past few years. Terrorism means the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes. At the moment Australia's national terrorism threat is at probable.

One of the well known terrorist groups is Islamic state. They are an example of extremist Muslims. Islamic state was brought together in Syria and Iraq. Other names for them are ISIS and ISIL. Although it all started in Syria and Iraq it has become a worldwide problem. Some people believe in the same religions as ISIS and they are …show more content…

The Australian Government and the Australian Federal Police are a vital in trying to stop terrorism attacks. In August 2014 the government placed a counter terrorism units were placed in airports to stop people leaving to fight with Isis and in August 2015 several lone actors were stopped in a airport. These lone actors are only getting involved in these terrorism acts because they feel like they aren't welcome in their own country because of their religion, class or category.

Many people believe that you can spotting a terrorist is as easy as baking a cake, it's not. A Muslim in a burqa is not a terrorist and if you think this then you are islamophobic. Islamophobia is making the problem worse. It is believed that the Brussels attack in Belgium 2016 was caused by islamophobia. ISIS wants us to make Muslims the enemy of the west so all Muslims will have nowhere to go but ISIS so they will help them fight. We have been told this by Islamic state themselves. They want to separate the world into two groups, the believers and the …show more content…

With all this happening we can't forget about the people who don't support ISIS . If you do not want to be apart of this chaos then you can help prevent attacks from even happening. Research has shown that some of the most effective ways stop terrorists are to stop supporting the dictators who fund the terrorists - meaning we need to stop befriending people who support terrorism. Stop arming these terrorists - if you know the dangers of giving them weapons then don't give it to them. Stop with the torture - we are allowing torture not only in prisons but just along the streets, I believe that we need to treat people with respect even if they are in prison or wear a burqa they already have enough trouble in their lives so why make things worse. Finally we need to understand what terrorism is . If we don't even know what it is then how are we going to know how to prevent it. The world needs to spread the word about terrorism and we need to teach each other what we know about stopping it. We need to start encouraging tolerance and acceptance for one another. Having religious diversity in the world can be important when it comes to preventing these terrorists, after all it's the opposite of what ISIS

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