Opinion: People in the East believe that Europe is indebted to them
Suren Manukyan, an expert in Oriental studies, the recent terrorist attacks in European cities are blamed on the refugee crisis and malfunctioning of security systems. While Manukyan admits the existence of the two factors, he says terrorism has much deeper roots. “Terrorist attacks in Paris or Brussels were not unprecedented. Before that, there were similar attacks in London in 2005 and in Madrid in 2013. But there was no refugee crisis then. I think it is political or ideological crisis that leads to such collisions. Such terrorist acts would regularly be carried out in Europe irrespective of the fact whether there was a conflict in Syria or not. The expert says after moving to Europe refugees will be unable to integrate into the life of these countries and will continue to observe their customs and traditions. “The bases of today's European civilization are resources brought from the East. People in the East think that Europe is indebted to them and they ask themselves why they cannot live in a better country, especially in a place which has progressed with their resources. And here come preachers who collect these people,” he said. Mr manukyan says there is not a single security system that can prevent a planned terrorist attack. “The only thing to do is to fight against the nourishing environment so that it will not prepare people for carrying out terrorist attacks,” he said.
