Focus on deradicalization

TAKE a look at the age-old problem of extremism (and terrorism) and you’re likely to come across the term “deradicalization”.

Touted as one of the options for motivating individuals, including captured militants and terrorists, to disengage from their deadly activities, deradicalization programmes were once extremely popular. In the 10 years following the 9/11 attacks of 2001, such programmes were set up in almost every country where extremism was a problem.