[Music] terrorism is high on the international agenda and terms as foreign fighters radicalization and religious extremism often hit the headlines and fuel the political debate at the global level it is definitely not a new phenomenon what has changed though is that in the past terrorism was merely related to national issues and claims limited by national boundaries think of the FARC in Colombia of the IRA in the United Kingdom or of Hamas in Palestine however with new tools resources and channels it has become a global phenomenon religiously inspired or attributed violent radicalization immediately make us think
of terrorist organizations such as al Qaeda and Isis and of terrorist attacks on the Western world but data shows that Muslims have been victims of violent extremism themselves both at the hands of Muslim and non-muslim violent groups it is clear that the deepening of global social inequalities as well as fear suspicion and minority marginalization only contribute to the sharpening of the ideological divides among people actually inciting violence so what are the factors in underlying dynamics that draw individuals in to extremism especially in the case of youths what are the best practices in place to curb
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