(Ruthven 2002 p288).
The menace posed by Islamic terrorism is greater than it has ever been, with wars in Iraq and Afghanistan still waging, young Muslims become forever frustrated with Western presence in their motherland countries. If peace is ever going to happen, then pulling troops out of the countries mentioned will be a good start to reconstructing Muslim societies. Freedom and democracy must be key factors in reconstruction, and not to live by the rule of God. Let the Muslim people decide on how they want to be governed, with no Western influence, frustration and acts of violence against Western countries may one day cease to exist (Ruthven 2002 291).
However, Hoffman argues (1995 p225) “although the violent fringes are often discounted as ‘crazy’, the words of the fundamentalists often make a good deal of sense to many people. It is unlikely that