Egypt s involvement in this process reflects the way in which the countries of the region look towards Egyptian diplomacy and acknowledge its dedicated defence of Arab interests. We can only hope that in the coming 12 months peace in Somalia will radiate to all corners the region. Israel has violated international laws and exercised state terrorism against Palestinian citizens and neighboring Arab countries. As a natural response, counter-terrorism an uprising of opposition in different forms started to develop against land occupational and international injustice. Muslim radicals have politicized Islam through a blend of misinterpretations and Bedouin traditions.
Authority is their ultimate goal, and minorities are among their soft targets.
Similar misinterpretations have been also used by some Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, Sikhs, Aristotelians, Logical Positivists, Zionists, Communists, Capitalists, Supremacists, etc., to serve political goals in a variety of cultures. Regardless of their beliefs, extremists fight against words, exacerbate petty arguments, exploit religions, ideologies or philosophies for their own designs, narrow people s minds and choices, intensify emotions, create irrational atmosphere of thinking, and exercise violence against indiscriminate targets. Since they break up with their society, as a matter of psychology rather than necessity, they use terrorism against innocent targets with intentions far beyond the immediate physical damage. Their objective is to create fear, disrupt the normal flow of life, and paralyze opposition. Several questions snowed up my mind after Luxor tragedy on 17 November 1997.