Bondi shooting: The ‘liberal’ world must smell the coffee and stop sugarcoating Islamist terror

The article critiques the global response to Islamist terrorism, highlighting incidents from Pahalgam to the Bondi shooting in Australia. It argues that the “liberal” world often focuses on controlling instruments of violence rather than addressing the underlying extremist ideology, offering moral comfort without strategic clarity. This approach, the author contends, allows terror attacks to repeat rather than be prevented. The piece emphasizes the need for honest recognition of the ideological roots of terrorism and criticizes the tendency to sugarcoat or deflect from the real threat. Only by confronting Islamist extremism directly can meaningful prevention and long-term security be achieved.