Countering Religious Extremism in International Law; A reflection on the Challenges and Obstacles

With the 9/11 attacks, the rise of the Islamic State group, the Taliban, and the events in Myanmar, the issue of religious extremism has come to the fore as a threat to international peace and security as well as human rights. At the international level, measures have been taken to counter and control extremism, but the desired result does not seem to have been achieved. After 20 years of fighting in Afghanistan, the Taliban have regained power, the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq has stepped up its activities, and we are facing new manifestations of religious extremism. In the present study, the main question is whether the structures and norms of contemporary international law can counter religious extremism? In the present article, which has been written by descriptive-analytical method and using library sources, by examining the concept of extremism and religion, three different readings of the foundations of international law and their conflict with extremist religion arising from the foundations of laws and differences arising from It aims, analyzes and concludes that due to fundamental flaws in the structures and norms of international law, this legal system is incapable of confronting religious extremism and is unable to reach a decisive decision against religious extremism.