Preventing radicalism in educational institutions: Pakistan a case in point

Abstract

With the recent drastic shifts in societies, thinking styles, and most importantly, the degree of online‐and‐offline exposure, it is easy for the young and developing mind to fall prey to radical or extremist ideas. Radical organizations direct their recruiting efforts toward those who have yet to reach adolescence and are incapable of forming well‐informed and educated decisions. Since it is in human nature to target the weak and the vulnerable, these organizations look for dissatisfied, isolated and friendless young people. They are especially allured when these organizations promise to get them all they lack. As there have been incidents recently reported on young students' involvement in terror activities, the study proposes alternatives to prevent them from falling prey to radical thoughts. The proposed alternatives are judged through TOPSIS (Technique of Order Preference Similarity to the Ideal Solution) and the ideal alternative is singled out after mathematical calculation. Out of the five proposed alternatives, the study, through TOPSIS analysis, proposes that parents may be trained to handle their children in order to keep them from radical thoughts. In addition to the ideal alternative, the study also suggests that the government take preventive measures to curb the evil of radicalism.

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“…Dengan perubahan drastis baru-baru ini dalam masyarakat, gaya berpikir, dan yang paling penting, tingkat keterpaparan online dan offline, mudah bagi kaum muda dan pikiran berkembang untuk menjadi mangsa ide-ide radikal atau ekstremis. (Ali et al, 2020) Secara teoritis, penggunaan media alternatif online dapat berhubungan dengan pandangan yang lebih radikal, baik karena pandangan tersebut disebarkan oleh media alternatif atau karena berkembang biaknya pandangan ekstrim melalui komunikasi di antara orang-orang yang berpikiran sama (Lee, 2018). Menurut (Suraya & Mulyana, 2020) pola konsumsi media sangat mempengaruhi dan memberikan efek tertentu pada penggunanya, Dalam beberapa kasus, seperti pada media digital Islam yang memuat berita tentang gerakan Islam, media tersebut diyakini memiliki kekuatan untuk memberikan pengaruh dalam membentuk sikap khalayaknya menjadi perilaku radikalisme.…”