The root & Appearances
Radicalism is one of root of violence. It is not merely radicalism on religion, other radicalism based on politics, ethnic, or national identity are drive hostility. One topic about radicalism was arrived and be important after September 11, 2002 that attack WTC with airplane.Radicalism is activity based on certain faith, ignore other faith and claim that the faith is absolutely true and unquestionable. When followers of faith were ignored other faith, they have not appreciate other people. They would attack other people as an attempt brings their faith to the ‘reality’. Even their assaults were sacrament of their faith, and they were very proud to do terrible acts. The faith itself does not refer only religion, but every act based on absolutism; ignore diversity and claim of divine truth.
The faith was force desire to annihilate the other. This desire would drive any kind of act. The hatred other people was one of expression. They were believed as the only one truth, so other faith is fallacious. The fallacious faith did not allow survive together with their faith. Their opinion were came from possibility learn process about the faith. Radicalism originated word ‘radical’, it means arising from or going to a root or source; basic (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/radical). When they were looked back to a root of faith, they were hope find origin faith or pure faith.
How could radicalism drive violence? As definition from The Free Dictionary, radicalism is the political orientation of those who favor revolutionary change in government and society (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/radicalism). Radicalism could be political movement when they want struggle their faith as attempt to change government. They want to change government, and use all possibilities power to appearance their faith to the world. All possibilities power include use do terrible act like killing human being, mass massacred or bombing.
From the faith to the political movement, it happened when they have sound their voice to the world. Their voice should hear other people. What have they done, it is all about their voice. How are their voice hear, it is the main purpose what they have done. Terror is one of strategy. Terror like bomb some place, it is an attractive way to get attention. Bombing has not only destroyed building and killed people, but there were message that delivered to world. The messages are disagreement about world order or they have refuse hegemony of west. They do those actions as a result radical way that they have chosen.
As the root which based on certain faith, It is always ignore other faith and their claim are absolute true and unquestionable. Absolute true has originated attempt to find basis of the faith. It called radical. Radical became radicalism if there are political orientation of those who favor revolutionary change in government and society. They would use all possibilities to get attention other people, like bombing, attacking, or kidnapping. All possibilities have a message. And the question is how could we reduce radicalism in the world?
