an end to militant Islam. However many Islamic terrorists are neither poor nor undereducated; many leaders of these groups come from wealthy middle class backgrounds. Osama Bin Laden for example is very wealthy and funds much of Al-Qaeda’s activities out of his own pocket. Nevertheless this strategy of economic assistance may mean that fewer individuals are interested in becoming terrorists (Sookhdeo 2004 p208).
Another strategy to think about is the denial of human rights. “In Western democracies the method of brutal repression is not an option, hence the flourishing centres of radical Islam which now exist in the Western world, directing and funding the activities of terrorists. The most the West can do to control or limit these activities is a suspension of certain human rights to permit, for example, the detention of suspects without trial and rendition