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This is also the right way to tackle the modern-day so-called
Islamic terrorist movements. The use of chemical or nuclear
bombs is not the way to eradicate this kind of terrorism. It
requires a literary bomb to encourage people to shun terrorism
and follow the path of peace. In present times, tackling the
menace of terrorism requires a powerful book on the subject,
one which can again be reviewed under the heading: The Book
That Is Shaking the Terrorist World.
There was a time when it was thought that Saddam Hussein
was the biggest patron of modern Muslim terrorism. He was
convicted on charges of killing and executed in 2006. After
Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden, considered the principal
leader spearheading terrorism, was likewise killed in 2011
when his hideout was bombarded. Then, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
was regarded as the most formidable terrorist to be dealt with.
According to media reports he was killed or seriously injured
in an airstrike in November 2014.

The use of chemical or nuclear bombs is not the way to eradicate
this kind of terrorism. It requires a literary bomb to encourage
people to shun terrorism and follow the path of peace.

Yet, even after the killing of these leaders, terrorism, in the
name of Islam, continues to flourish. This shows that we have
to change our approach in this matter. We have to adopt a
strategy other than the use of guns and bombs.
According to news reports, President Barack Obama all but
admitted on June 10, 2015, the anniversary of the fall of Mosul,
as he ordered an additional 450 military advisers to join the
3,500 already in Iraq, that his anti-IS strategy wasn’t working.
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Going by experience, we ought, as far as this issue is
concerned, to take a U-turn. We have to change our previous
mindset if we are to put an end to the menace of terrorism. It is

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