Does Racial, ethnic, or religious profiling make the world more secure?

Author: Lina Imran
Country: Ethiopia


In my opinion I say Racial, ethnic or religious profiling doesn’t make the world more secure. This is because of the lesson we have experienced in history and by noticing the current situations in our world. Regardless of your race, religion or so on, you will follow your dreams and goals your own way.

Every country in this world has common values to share with the people. For instance, the air that we breathe, globalization, migration and refugee issues, environmental protection, mutual Corporation, regional economic communities, nuclear disarmament, etc.
These issues are of every country in this world and it concerns all equally. This profiling of people increases violation among ethnic and cultural groups of societies.

It's true that every person has ethnical, religious and racial origin and of course every one has the right to enjoy its natural identity. My main concern here is the will, the economy, political and social aspect of the people shouldn’t construct on racial, ethnic and religious basis. It is supposed to be with the common beliefs and guidance of the people in general.

Though we have different identity, our country and world is our common property. While that remains as it is we don’t need permission from other people to exercise our human rights.

If we share our common values together in a peaceful way, I think that’s going to help our world. In the mean time what we should know is to recognize and tolerate personal beliefs and identity, no one stands for violation and prejudice if we approve human and democratic rights.

To mention a simple example, we don’t have a clear and defined meaning of terrorism. There is still a contradiction between terrorists and freedom fighters.
Every country defines it with its national interest and respective condition. In addition to that, there is still a problem on drug trafficking among nations and also the issue of child and women trafficking in which single nation can’t stop unless there is a strong mutual cooperation among its states.

Moreover, the narrow thinking of some individuals found in leading position has added fuel to the national conscious of the people which derive them to think there are the superior nations.
When the internal movement exploded and blew out its changes to see wars and internal and external aggressions at the first and second world wars.
Though, there are many causes, for the first and Second World War ethnic and racial thinking is also responsible for the death and uncountable destruction of human and material wealth.


Presently racial, ethnic and religious profiling is rare. It is becoming 17th and 18th century of history; however it’s true that religious, ethnic extremism can be seen in some parts of the world, as usual innocent peoples are becoming the core target and victim. Countries by forming international laws by their mutual consent would be setting it straight what their people stands for and they will know how to deal with extremism best.

At last, I would like to say for our world to be a better and peaceful place to live in, the nature of our world must be built on international view. This could create a strong bond between nations. And our personal beliefs and identities remain in our group of people and place, keeping the fact that every one has self-principles.
We can make our diversity a beauty and a source for our mutual corporation and work for common development by eradicating crucial problems faced by our world. Let’s just contribute our best in course of building the world for the better.