Tony Blair needs a worldwide drive to tackle the roots of ideology by creating education systems altogether countries teach respect for alternative religions.
He says it's "foolish" to pay billions on a military fight against Islamic ideology, whereas feat non secular intolerance "undisturbed".
As a matter of "urgent world importance", he needs colleges to show "the virtue of non secular respect".
This should be created a "common world obligation", says man national leader.
The former GB prime minister, in a commentary written for the BBC News data Economy series, says that the struggle against the alleged Islamic State and therefore the threat of terrorist act required to interact within the battle of concepts.
"All the protection measures and every one the fighting can count for nothing," he says, unless the intolerant concepts that feed into extremist violence area unit challenged.
'Common obligation'
Mr Blair, United Nations agency has originated a foundation promoting a larger understanding of religions, says it's necessary to "uproot the thinking of the extremists, not merely disrupt their actions".
"Especially foolish is that the concept that we tend to leave this method of the people deformation of the mind undisturbed, at identical time as we tend to pay billions on security relationships to counter the terribly threat we tend to enable to be created."
He argues that a forum like the G20 ought to adopt plans for "a common charter to be accepted by all nations, and supported by the UN, that makes it a typical obligation to make sure that throughout our education systems, we're committed to teaching the virtue of non secular respect".
"Muslim countries can still teach their kids the worth of being Muslim. however we should always all teach that individuals United Nations agency have a special religion area unit to be treated equally and revered per se."
Mr national leader says that it's "perplexing and alarming" that the talk regarding radical Islamism too typically fails to interact with education and therefore the shaping of concepts.
The "incubators of radicalism" got to be confronted, he argues, to forestall the unfold of concepts that "warp young and unformed minds".
"The challenge we tend to face is to indicate youngsters United Nations agency area unit prone to appeals from terrorists that there's a far better path to having their voice detected."
'Security issue'
Irina Bokova, director-general of the international organization academic, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco), has antecedently warned that neglecting education had become a "security issue".
The head of the United Nations agency aforementioned that poor quality education was making a volatile combine in several developing countries of illiteracy, state and therefore the rise of ideology.
Despite a worldwide millennium pledge for all kids to possess access to grammar school by 2015, UN agency says this target is nearly absolute to be uncomprehensible.
International agencies have conjointly highlighted a pattern within which students, academics and places of education are deliberately targeted.
A report printed earlier this year showed there had been ten,000 violent attacks on education, together with the kidnapping of scholars in African country by Boko Haram.
