The language of the sources of Islam supports and recognizes some violent acts, and the early history of the Islamic community includes various acts of political violence. The Human Rights paradigm incorporates a cross-cultural moral judgment that applies an accepted set of norms consistently and universally. Terrorism frequently relates to Human Rights abuses. Promoting the Human Rights paradigm would help reduce terrorism. If a state retaliates against terrorism in the name of International Law and the victims Human Rights, the retaliatory actions should come under the same criteria.
All people have a shared responsibility at home and abroad.
The dichotomy between home and abroad is untenable today. Pragmatically, it pays to respect the rule of law. We are all victims because the violence of terrorism is arbitrary, and we are all perpetrators through acts of commission and omission. For example, citizens should hold their own country accountable for its terrorist acts. The United States continually undermines international law and its institutions by opposing the International Criminal Court, withholding its United Nations dues, limiting the land-mine treaty, among other acts.