Virtually every government wants to see terrorism, and thus religious jihadists, become a non-factor, because they do not condone their violence, which often harms and kills innocent civilians, and does not, in its effect, accomplish anything of lasting purpose or meaning. That is to say, religious jihadists don’t seem to have a goal other than to be destructive of those that they do not respect, such as those labeled as infidels, and somehow in their mindset, have convinced themselves that non-believers or apostates deserve to die, as their punishment for not having the right religious beliefs.
The above would presuppose that religious jihadists are, first of all, quite religious. Therefore, those who are religious jihadists haven’t been radicalized, but rather this is part and parcel of their religious tenets.. The truth though is far more nuanced, for a significant number of those that make up religious jihadists aren’t really religious, at all, but rather come from the background of the criminal class, and see that in their joining to a cause that thereupon permits them to be seen as an avenger against those that deserve to be punished, makes them therefore to be designated as honorable and righteous in the killing of the other, which permits consequently them to focus their criminal mindset upon committing dirty deeds which they believe they will be absolved of, because of the religious cloak that they have become part of.
This thereby signifies that those that end up becoming religious jihadists have more in common with the criminal element that thereupon has been redirected and refocused to take their anger, frustration, or lack of respect and re-channel such into an activity in which they will receive respect from those that are their peers, meaning that those that are religious jihadists are typically not those who have grown up in an orthodox mosque, but rather those that have grown up with a chip on their shoulder, and thus desiring to get rid of that chip by striking out against those that have been targeted to deserve what happens to them, all done under the guise that doing so, is justified within that interpretation of their religion.
So then, it could be argued that jihadists aren’t interested in seeing those that are infidels, converted by the sword, but rather they want to eradicate them from the face of the earth, because their motivation is to destroy, which they believe aligns with the beliefs of their espoused religion, structured in a way and manner that this seems to be right.
This thus signifies that for those nations that desire to see that their people do not become religious jihadists, their government needs to be structured in a way and manner that is accommodating, civil, and just to all of the people, because those most likely to be drawn to religious jihadism are the same that feel that they are misunderstood, uncared for, unloved, and forsaken. These then find their purpose in harming the other, done so, under the misimpression that it is for the greater good, when, in fact, it isn’t and never will be.