Booklet tries to explain . . Why Yemen is seen as a haven for terrorists [Archives:2003/06/Reportage]

BY ABU BAKR BA ABBAAD*
FOR THE YEMEN TIMES
Yemen and the Terror Phenomenon is the name given to a new booklet that has been recently published by the Information and Research Center affiliated to the Saba News Agency.
The new booklet deals with the nature of terrorism in Yemen, its incidents, and Yemen’s attitude towards this phenomenon.
Researcher Ahmed al-Hadhrami indicates that there is no unanimous agreement on determining the right definition of terror.
The writer has focused on a number of terror definitions, stating that terror is a term that has been applied to an organized violence to a achieve a political, economical, or social target.
This includes the terror acts performed by some political forces against citizens. This in turn has created a sense of destabilization among individuals and communities in order to achieve specific gains.
The researcher has attributed the main reasons behind terror to internal and external reasons narrating the terror operations that took place in Yemen.
Some of those terror incidents have been stated in the government report which was presented to the parliament during the end of 2002.
He also attributed the terror acts to the weakness of educational curricula and of learning processes along with intellectual, and dogmatic reasons which encourage bigotry and favoritism.
The researcher has also dealt with the government’s attitudes towards encountering terrorism and adopting cautionary procedures.
Reflections and challenges
The researchers do not skip over the security and political challenges of the terrorist operations against the country, considering terror as one of the gravest factors threatening the security and safety of the country at local as well as international levels.
Yemen for a along time has fallen prey to terror attacks for a long time and this has distorted the Yemen’ s image.
Tourism and investment has been negatively affected by the terror operations. The state has been overburdened with external commitments along with threats to the national security.
A whole chapter deals with the economical challenges presented by female researcher, Nabeeha al-Haidari, the Vice General Manager of the Information and Research Center. Terrorism has a great impact upon the nations’ economies particularly the developing countries. The majority of those countries entirely relies on their economies.
Ahmed al-Khaledi, another researcher, focuses on the social impact of terror acts. This represents itself when causing panic among citizens. Terrorists claim that they perform a religious duty while at the same time they only threaten the safety of people in their societies.
Zaed Gaber has concludes his research by discussing a very critical issue in the field of extremism and terrorism in the balance of Islam.
Islam is not a riddle or a mystery. He has dealt with reasons behind the spread of wrong misunderstandings and notions on the part of youths. He has made crystal clear the correct notions of Jihad.
He further narrates the Islam’s attitudes towards other people.
Public Relations Manager at the Saba News Age

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