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Why are the Youth Joining

Terrorist Groups?

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n present times Muslim youths are joining terrorist groups
Iin large numbers. This is taken to be an inexplicable
phenomenon. Nevertheless, this, based on my experience, can
be explained in understandable terms.
The truth is that in their youth, people are very energetic.
They want to do something revolutionary and dedicate
themselves to a great goal. In order to satisfy this desire,
my colleagues and I have adopted a method that is highly
workable.
Sensing people’s enthusiasm for positive activism, we have
planned a project, which is global in its reach and, at the same
time, is completely peace-oriented. What it involves is the
distribution of translations of the Quran and its supporting
literature to all the nations of the world.
To get this project under way, we have decided to prepare
translations of the Quran in all the major languages of the
world. At present we have published translations in ten
languages. When we launched this project, young people,
both Muslim and non-Muslim, joined in the work with great
enthusiasm. They began to make programmes on their own to
take the translations of the Quran to people in different places.
Since, for some reason, the Quran is in the news these days,
people show a certain readiness to accept copies of the Quran
when it is presented to them in their own languages. This
overwhelming response gives a further boost to those who
have become part of our project.

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