Since the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington DC, the Madrid and London
train bombs, and the attacks in Bali, Islamist terrorism has posed a major threat
to the world. Jewish sites have also been a particular target of Islamist terror groups, resulting in the 1992 Israeli Embassy and the 1994 AMIA bombings in Buenos Aires, as well as the attacks against synagogues in Djerba and Istanbul.
The advance of radical Islam in many countries is worrying. It undermines inter-ethnic and inter-faith relations, provides the basis for terrorism and puts in question democratic values.
WJC POLICY
- Violence supposedly justified in the name of God is misguided. The spread of violence and terror must be fought by eradicating its root causes, halting the proliferation of arms to countries sponsoring terrorism, and by actively defending democracy, human rights and the rule of law.
- Legislation prohibiting the incitement to terrorist acts and spreading of hate propaganda, particularly by radical clerics preaching in mosques, needs to be adopted and properly enforced.
- Governments need to provide adequate security measures to protect Jewish centres and Jewish individuals from terrorist threats.
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On 18 July 1994, a bomb exploded in front of the AMIA Jewish community
center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, killing 86 people and
wounding several hundred more, and devestating the Jewish community.
Interpol has issued 'Red Alert' arrest warrants for several Iranian individuals and officials known to be behind the attack and another against the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires in 1992. However the Iran government has refused to co-operate ans continues to support terrorist organisations in several countries.
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