Dr. Ali Ahmad Al-Kheshaiban Al-Riyadh When we talk about extremism, we should also ask what transformations we have gone through while fighting extremism? Why have our young men not been influenced by all the awareness campaigns which have been conducted over the past years? Certainly, most of our young men have been confused by outside players who are trying to lure them into terrorism and by the campaigns that are trying to save them from terrorist groups. I have no doubt that government efforts exerted in this regard are aimed at saving these young men from ending up joining terrorist groups. However, young men are pulled apart by players abroad and also those within the Kingdom who want them to travel to fight in conflict-stricken areas. We desperately need to study and analyze the culture that has played a major role in shaping the ideas of these young men. In the early 1980s, religious fanaticism took several forms and most people were surprised at how man
