Pierre N'Gahane, the French official in charge of deradicalisation nationally, poses during an interview with Reuters in his office in Paris November 21, 2014. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
SEINE-ST-DENIS, France (Reuters) - When Guillaume, a 22-year-old Frenchman, left jail two months ago vowing to die as a martyr for Islam, community worker Sonia Imloul had a few minutes to convince him he was on the wrong path.
In an exit interview shortly after his release, she appealed to a Muslim sense of duty towards his adoptive mother Vivienne and persuaded him to attend regular checks by educators and psychologists - a soft-touch approach to deradicalisation.
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