Battling Islamic State influence


Outrage: Protesters holding a banner during a rally after more than 20 Ethiopian Christians were killed by IS militants in Addis Ababa yesterday. — AFP

If at home we don’t have any tolerance for people who disagree with us, how do we explain how IS treats differences in beliefs and views so violently?

A BRIGHT spark in our Cabinet recently said that women joined the Islamic State (IS) because they were lonely. Actually women join all sorts of things if they are lonely – gyms, clubs, mosques and churches, amongst others, that are usually within their own vicinity. It doesn’t explain, however, why there are a lot more men joining IS than women. Could they be even lonelier?

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Opinion , Marina Mahathir , columnist

   

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