Enough is enough… uncovering the face of fundamentalism

Enough is enough… uncovering the face of fundamentalism

Five years after terror attacks in Paris killed 130 innocent civilians, Europe is still suffering at the hands of Islamist extremists. The recent attack in Vienna, claimed by Isis, demonstrated the determination of those who seek to spread their intolerance across the world. The gunman, who shot dead four people and wounded more than a dozen others, had been jailed last year for trying to travel to join the group in Syria. It is clear that the group's poisonous, transnational ideology of hate knows no bounds.



The violence will continue until we have an honest conversation about the relationship between violent extremists and their 'non-violent' sympathisers. For too long, the so-called 'peaceful' Islamist groups have provided legitimacy and political cover for those who commit atrocities in the name of Islam. The Muslim Brotherhood (MB), for example, has been creating the mood music for terrorist attacks in different parts of the world, including Europe.



The MB has laid the ideological foundations for scores of Muslims to turn to violence in defence of Islamist ideology. The argument goes that, because Western societies are hostile to Islam and to Muslim communities, Islam is 'under attack'. Consequently, it is suggested