Education and social justice are keys to ending extremism and violence, says Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi. [ISIS] is not only a terrorist group, it is also an ideology and, like any ideology, you have to fight it at its roots. When you kill the roots it will not expand,” she says. “For me those roots are two things -- illiteracy and a lack of social justice. Instead of throwing bombs at them, we should be throwing books at them and building schools: then you will see that fundamentalism will be eliminated. Read more of Shirin’s insights:
Posted on: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 19:06:29 +0000
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