By :Jamal Al Awadhi*

The environment provided by wars as chaos, corruption and instability represent large factories of terrorism and extremists under the cover of religion. Yemen, Syria, Libya, and Afghanistan are clear examples of this. Terrorist operations have crossed the borders of these countries and have become the source of terrorism to Europe and the United States, as well as to many Muslim countries as ISIS considers them political regimes and infidel peoples.

The Afghan Taliban and Al Qaeda as well as ISIS  have emerged as the biggest and most dangerous terrorist organizations in the Middle East, benefiting from three main elements: Illiteracy , poverty  and war. Religion comes as a major tool in addition to the three elements to seduce young people and influence them towards extremism, which is the first step towards terrorism.

* Jamal Al Awadhi is a director AIJES and president of Paris Forum for Peace and Development PFPD.