The Role of Intellectual Security in Countering Extremism and Terrorism

Abstract

Intellectual security was an explicit call to declare the war on terrorism, extremism, takfir   infidelization, and other misconceptions. This study aims at exploring the concepts of intellectual security and its roles in combating intellectual deviation and countering extremism and terrorism as a result of it. It not only highlighted the means of achieving intellectual security but it also applied the Jordanian strategy in promoting intellectual security and counter-terrorism. Within this strategy, the study highlighted the AmmanMessage and the impact of the family, school, mosque and university in enhancing intellectual security and countering terrorism. This paper also highlighted the role of purposeful and constructive media in confronting the scourges of the age and issues of extremism, exaggeration, and terrorism. It is an established fact that intellectual security is the antidote for intellectual deviation. Furthermore, efforts must be joined to achieve the goals and comprehensiveness of intellectual security, in order to address issues of extremism and terrorism.