· *23 Nov 2015* · *National Post - (Latest Edition)*
· *Olivier Guit ta* *Twitter.com/OlivierGuitta <http://twitter.com/OlivierGuitta> Olivier Guitta is the managing director of Global Strat, a security and geopolitical risk consulting firm for corpora tions and governments.* · *National Post* Stopping the spread of terror 7 <http://epaper.nationalpost.com/epaper/showarticle.aspx?article=e2940dd0-7ad5-4a31-a304-0c12b6f0a0a2&key=xXXEJEmRSlI2kIHtbQx5mw%3d%3d&issue=10062015112300000000001001#anchor1> ZoomBookmarkSharePrintListen <http://epaper.nationalpost.com/epaper/showarticle.aspx?article=e2940dd0-7ad5-4a31-a304-0c12b6f0a0a2&key=xXXEJEmRSlI2kIHtbQx5mw%3d%3d&issue=10062015112300000000001001> Translate *In order to counter jihadi terrorism, we cannot just go after the foot soldiers; we have to also target the mosques and religious leaders who are radicalizing them* After the worst terror attacks in the history of France, now is the time to reflect on how Western counter-terrorism strategies can be made more effective. While going after terrorists is a must, the West also needs to target their ideological mentors. *Khalil Hamra / The Associat ed Press files**The Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in Cairo in 2013.* It has emerged that one of the suicide bombers in the Paris attacks had been radicalized in a Salafist mosque in Chartres, France. The terrorist who tried to attack the Thalys train between Amsterdam and Paris in August had been radicalized in a mosque in Spain. In order to counter jihadi terrorism, we cannot just go after foot soldiers like these; we have to also target the mosques and religious leaders who are radicalizing them. Inciting terrorism has a multiplying effect: a smart preacher can brainwash hundreds of recruits. To make an analogy with drugs: should we go after just the user, the dealer or both? Unfortunately, up to now, we have mostly gone after the user. As an example, the main Islamist organization, the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), founded in 1928 by Hassan al- Banna, is a source of inspiration for many extremists. Coincidentally, most of the leadership of al-Qaida, including Osama bin Laden and Ayman al- Zawahiri, started as Muslim Brothers. So did Abu Bakr al- Baghadi, the new “caliph” of the Islamic State. The MB’s motto sums up i ts worldview: “Islam is the solution, the Qur’an is our constitution, Allah is our objective. The Prophet is our leader. Jihad is our way. Dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope.” Al-Banna viewed Islam as a superior religion: “It is the nature of Islam to dominate, not to be dominated, to impose its law on all nations, and to extend its power to the entire planet.” As described by investigative journalist Sylvain Besson in November 2001, Swiss authorities stumbled on a document simply known as “The Project” at the house of Yusuf Nada, a top MB figure. The Project is a roadmap to follow, in order to install Islamic regimes in the West using propaganda, preaching and, if necessary, war. One of the main points of The Project is to support all the movements engaged in jihad in the Muslim world. Unless those propagating the MB’s extremist ideology are removed from society, there will be a never-ending supply of radicalized individuals sent to attack Western targets. And these people are not only being radicalized in jails and Salafi mosques. Radicalization is also occurring in the education system. As early as 2004, a landmark report put together by Jean-Pierre Obin, the inspector general of French national education, described an alarming situation in French schools: even though the large majority of Muslim kids were French, a good number of them described themselves as Muslim citizens and hailed bin Laden as their hero. And it does not stop with education. Another form of incitement commonplace in France goes largely unnoticed — namely, anti- French rap music. Numerous Muslim rap bands have been gaining fame and preaching for the jihadist cause. For instance, D. J. Had (pronounced jihad) sings: “The time of the revenge is now/Osama is going to strike again/He is going to tilt the scales/by blowing up France.” The band Kamikaze sings: “Osama fights the war in the name of Allah/All with Osama/On the Catholics, there is the fatwa.” These violent calls to terror have no place in our societies. The West has for too long closed its eyes to extremist ideologies. But it now seems that the trend might be reverting. The French minister of interior, Bernard Cazeneuve, just announced that radical mosques will be closed down and radical imams expelled. After the January attacks, France began going after apologist of terrorism and French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said that the MB’s ideology must be fought. 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