Sri Lanka bombers: Identity, sense of purpose drive the well-educated to terrorism

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A good takeaway from this articles are the rebuttal to the oft-cited contributing root cause of terorrism -- poverty and lack of education......But we see here that NOT being of a victim of both need not prevent one from becoming a terrorist....

ISIS recruits from Africa, South and East Asia and the Middle East are significantly more educated than is typical for persons of their age in their respective regions.... came from "well-educated, affluent families"

Research has shown involvement in violent extremism is often not driven by poverty or religious indoctrination, as it is generally assumed. What pushes well-educated youth down the road of violence is more a desire to achieve a sense of purpose and identity.

"For some, it is about glory, power and heroism, whilst for others it can be much deeper whereby they believe they are fighting for a higher cause and are only answerable to god,"

"Social and religious harmony doesn't come top-down when you have already gone through an education and social system that has taught you segregation,


Qn: Can terrorism ever be eradicated?