Terrorism Associated Psychology

Running head: TERRORISM ASSOCIATED PSYCHOLOGY
TERRORISM ASSOCIATED PSYCHOLOGY
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Introduction:
Radicalization is a process by which individuals become progressively driven towards
the use of violence against an out-group associates or representative targets in order to
achieve changes and political goals. Radicalization can be opposed by accumulative social,
religious and political trust among individuals (Borum, 2017). Online radicalization is a
procedure by which the youth or a set of individuals tends to embrace political, religious or
social aspirations that discards the current concepts and expression on a country leading to
violence. Terrorism is a deed of violence that can be domestic or worldwide committed in
contradiction of the non-combatants which aims to make changes by creating terror in a
population. Terrorism is an effect of radicalization in a group of people, who intends to bring
change using violence (Harindranath, 2017).
The purpose of this study is to outspread how online platforms are used in order to
deliberately advance self- radicalisation into individuals in relation to terrorism and about the
youth which is getting influenced.
Discussion:
Internet now a day plays a major role in most of the people’s lives. It provides
possibilities to support, asses to information, liberty to express and confidentiality. Internet
plays a major role in violent radicalization process across the world. The terrorist
organisations are now spread all over the internet and are using the technology in different
ways such as spreading violence to recruiting youths by manipulating them using their
religious beliefs. It has been noted that terrorist organisations in different regions of the world
perform their recruitment from their supporters who are poor and uneducated (Aly et al.,
2017). And it has been observed that radicalisation is not in control of the those who are not

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schooled and are economically underprivileged. Psychological and other factors such as self-
image, religious beliefs and one’s attitude plays a major role on how an individual reacts and
adapts to his/her surroundings. The individual may have the effect of negativity, rejections,
humiliation, injustice and revolts that is developing (Meleagrou-Hitchens, Alexander &
Kaderbhai, 2017).
Radicalization in youths are increasing due to the use of social media, as youths are so
influenced by the digital world that they believe whatever in shown in the virtual world. And
the terror groups are using it as a means of influencing and increasing their number. Youths
will less knowledge and wrong religious beliefs are getting attracted toward whatever the
social media or may be the surrounding is showing them without judging (Wikström &
Bouhana, 2016).
For the radicalized individuals to re-integrate into civilization, they must understand their
mistakes, they should understand what they were thinking or doing was not right. The
rehabilitation method de-radicalise these individuals by involving them in serious religious
debates and should be taught properly what is holly and what is the true meaning of their religion.
Psychological counselling is also required to brain wash all negative believes and thinking they
possess. There is also various subcommittee that deliver consideration to the radicalized
individuals (Macdougall et al., 2018). Social requirements as well as motivations and benefits
are rewarded to those who show positive result and has completed the rehabilitation course and
have reasonably abandoned their previous religious beliefs. But it has also been seen that the rate
of people getting rehabilitated are very less, like the case of former Jemaah Islamiyah members,
only a quarter of them where re-integrated into the society. The radicalized individuals are so
determined and influenced by their wrong believes and lack of education, that it becomes
very difficult to bring them to right path. And at the same time the social media catalyses
their thinking that it becomes tough to rehabilitated them (Doosje et al., 2016)