The international community has, in fact, ramped up its efforts to repel ISIL’s advance with international forces deployed to Iraq to assist the Government in its military campaign against the militants.
But, in his briefing, Mr. Zeid cautioned against adopting a full-fledged military approach in quashing the group, adding that “little attention has been paid to the underlying struggle for minds.”
“I therefore query whether it is possible to bomb an ideology like this into submission, or hope it can just vaporize at the end of a judge’s gavel. ISIL may weaken or wither, it is true, but it will likely be replaced by another Takfiri group,” he said.
“Thought must therefore be undermined by thought. And takfirism, must be thwarted by an approach to life couched in those principles and laws binding all of us, a system which will be more successful and enriching because it is open to the multiple realities of all human beings.”
(Source: United Nations News Centre)
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