Former Dean and currently Professor of Law and International Relations at the Faculty of Law and Political Science - Post-Graduate Program, IAU, Science and Research Branch. Tehran- Iran.
Abstract
Qaddafi warned the NATO forces that soon he will mobilize an army of invisible “Jinns” to confront the infidel intruders to a Moslem land. Throughout the history of mankind, political rulers have abused the supernatural beliefs and metaphysical forces in order to establish their power over the life of people. Terror and violence are terms that have existed all along with the development human society from primitive times to the present. Gradually, before reason became as the ground foundation for “civil society”, religion and metaphysics dominated the realm of knowledge of the world and its various sophisticated phenomenon. What are the principal causes of these acts of terror and violence that seem to be inseparable part of human societies? The main argument in this paper is that violence, terror and atrocities such as September 11 events, suicide attacks and other mass killings, executions and the likes, should be explained and understood only within the purview of “metaphysical paradigm” and not necessarily through conventional rational approaches.