Europe, nowadays, is in such a situation that it is not leaving any stone unturned to combat terrorism. In fact, it is looking at building such a version of Islam that is essential to Europe’s security. It is considering creating a new institute to train the religious leaders of Islam and those who preach Islam.

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Europe has set three targets for itself in the wake of growing incidents of fanatical Islamic terrorism.

Firstly, it proposes to give certified training to the Imams, which will enable certified imams to work in Europe’s mosques. Secondly, it is looking at preventing funds to Islamic institutions from abroad. Lastly, to close Europe’s open borders and to conduct a thorough investigation of people passing through the borders.

The proposal to train imams and clerics has been made by European council President Charles Michel. The council works to decide Europe's political direction and priorities. Michel voiced support Monday for the creation of a European institute to train imams as he visited Austria to pay tribute to the victims of last week's terrorist attack in Vienna.

"It is very important to be firm on this. I think, for example, that we should have a debate at the European level connected to the idea that was raised some time ago to set up a European institute to train imams," said Michel in a press conference with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz.

The idea of training clerics was first given by French President Emmanuel Macron, who said that imams and clerics should be prevented from taking training abroad and should receive a certificate of training and this training in France itself.

Additionally, the European Council, on the lines of France, has also proposed to ban foreign funds to religious institutions associated with Islam. The proposal also seeks to warn refugees coming to Europe to not disrupt the safety and security of the nations.

There are 27 countries in the European Union and most of these countries have a single currency and also free trade between all these countries. So far, however, the countries of Europe have not been able to have a joint policy against terrorism. However, it is now trying to change the situation and trying to fight global terrorism.

Even though Europe is grappling with a second wave of the COVID-19 infection, the fight against terrorism has taken centrestage.

When the 9/11 terrorist attack took place in the US, then-President George W Bush had announced a global fight against terrorism, but even after 19 years, terrorism has not been rooted out from the world. So, will Europe be able to wage a war against Islamic fundamentalism?

As long as Europe doesn’t consider the problem of terrorism as a global one, the battle will remain unfinished.

Only this year, European leaders tried to discuss India's new citizenship law and the decision to remove section 370 from Kashmir. Europe tried giving moral lessons to India on the treatment of minorities even though these two were absolutely internal matters of India. However, such is the situation there now that Europe is trying to bring in new laws to prevent religious bigotry.

In another development, the EU said it recognised the value of encryption as a “necessary means of protecting fundamental rights”, but at the same time “competent authorities in the area of security and criminal justice” needed to be able to exercise their lawful powers in the course of their work.

Through this, the government aims to keep an eye on people who resort to encrypted communication. Privacy was once paramount to Europeans, now these people are ready to sacrifice privacy for the sake of the safety and security of the nations.