Newswise — Ebrahim Moosa, professor of Islamic Studies in the University of Notre Dame's new Keough School for Global Affairs, says...
“France’s strategy imitates the US’s failed strategy of bombing ISIS from the air. Bombing only produces a flood of refugees, innumerable collateral deaths and the maiming of civilians and thus allows ISIS to mobilize sympathizers and recruit activists. All countries who suffered ISIS attacks in Beirut, Ankara, Sharm al-Shaikh and Paris might want to respond with a global police action to apprehend the killers instead of responding with a rhetoric of war. Avoid the temptation to bomb Syria, since it will be fruitless and provide no dividends save to prolong the real political solution that is required to stabilize Syria and Iraq. The disintegration of both countries has produced the space for ISIS to exist. Address the core problem instead of swatting at the symptoms.”
Author of "Islam and the Modern World" and "What is a Madrasa?" Moosa specializes in Islamic thought, with a focus on Islamic law, ethics, history and theology.
Moosa is available for further comment at 574-631-1204 (office) or [email protected]
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