"Several terror attacks.
Deadly counterterrorism raids.
And a wave of
suspected jihadist arrests from France to Greece to Belgium."
With our most intriguing yet terrifying recent events comprised of terror attacks and protests throughout the world, there has also been an uprising and shift for many around the globe. Not-so-new discrimination has been allowed a chance to really show itself in many of the countries surrounding France as a response to the terror attack in Paris, making way for new policies that have rooted in, essentially, the whole world. Suddenly there seems to be this awareness and frightfulness of similar occurrences within the U.S., yet the contrasting ideas and differing opinions of the people who here have clashed throughout our entire history thus far - the difference being that in our world today, a reoccurring embrace of essential liberty movements and the need and desire for one's personal rights of speech and belief is coming about again - and full force.
CNN showcase an interesting observation of how this discrimination and call-to-action is coming about most especially in Belgium. The highly Muslim-populated country has "the highest number of Europeans per capita to leave home to wage
jihad in Iraq and Syria, according to a recent study. Analysts of
Islamist extremism in Europe talk of a "third generation" -- Muslim
teenagers and men in their early twenties intensely alienated from the
countries to which their parents and grandparents immigrated in hope of a
better life," now becoming a combative issue with this major counterterrorism movement that many European Union officials are meeting in Brussels, Belgium, to discuss.
"'We start with obviously a discussion on how to counter terrorism, not only in Europe but also in other parts of the world,' said Federica Mogherini, EU high representative for foreign affairs."
"'And we need to strengthen our way of cooperating together, first of all with Arab
countries, and then internally.'"
Although both sides of this situation are incredibly frustrating and tragic, I can understand to a certain extent both of them. I truly hope that this meeting today will help resolve some of these issues, or at least set up a plan of navigation in this strange battle between safety and discrimination.
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