Rising Fanaticism in West Dents Its All-Embracing Identity
There had been a chain of events targeting a particular religious group which has witnessed a steep rise during the past three years
Over the past decade or so, fanaticism is rising in the west and the region is gradually losing ‘all-embracing’ status after recurrent incidents of physical violence and hatred-crime.
Two latest incidents including slap in the face of French President Emmanuel Macron and the killing of a Pakistani-origin family in Canada exude a sense of rising fanaticism in the western world.
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Canadian President Justin Trudeau accepted it as an act of Islamaphobia and vowed that they would not let it grow in his country.
The incidents of extremism are rehashed after a break in different forms including killing and assault.
A similar act of hatred had taken place in 2017 in Canada when an armed man sprayed six worshippers with bullets at Quebec Islamic Cultural Centre.
Similarly, there had been a chain of events targeting a particular religious group which has witnessed a steep rise during the past three years.
Between 2019 and 2021, numerous Islamophobic and hatred incidents involving shooting, vandalism, arson, and stabbing occurred in France, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom, and United States (US).
Meanwhile, the public polls have shown that the young population in Europe is developing a malaise against democracy.
What backs the growing tendency is the rise of the right-wing parties in Europe over the past few years which has spurred abhorrent acts in the region.
Thus, coping up with rising fanaticism is turning out to be an enormous challenge for the west which is reckoned to be embracing for all.
