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RADICAL GROUPS have always exploited, and continue to exploit, religion, ethnicity, ideology, and lack of education to sustain their influence. Radicalism deforms social environments in which it emerges. As a result, radical terrorist organizations existing in a specific society interact not only with one another. They do not only create their own social base but help build the social base for a political opposition, thereby setting off significant social transformations. Studies by the Pew Research Center show that radicalization and extremism, including the activities of al-Qaeda, Hamas and Hezbollah, caused more concern in the Middle East in 2014 than in 2013, that there is particularly strong concern in Turkey, and that extremism is a source of worry for the majority of Middle Eastern nations.
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