There are reports today that Hamam al-Hammami, 29, the apparent Omani co-pilot being held in Abu Dhabi after the suspected hijacking on Wednesday, who attempted to down a Flydubai plane filled with predominantly Israeli citizens was radicalised while a student at Melbourne university RMIT.
Buckinghamshire New University in the UK.
Edmund Burke viewed radical or abstract liberalism with deep skepticism, arguing that freedom must be rooted in tradition, social order, and moral restraint rather than abstract natural rights. Rejection of Universal Rights: Burke rejected Enlightenment ideas of abstract, universal “rights of man”. He believed rights are inherited traditions specific to a nation’s history, famously defending the “rights of Englishmen” instead.
Human Nature and Tradition: He argued against the liberal view that humans are purely self-interested rational actors. He believed people are shaped by community, custom, and religion. [1, 2]
Danger of Upheaval: In Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790), Burke condemned radical revolutionary changes. He warned that destroying established institutions leads to chaos and tyranny. [1, 2, 3, 4]
