Friday, January 9, 2015

Gov'ts, societies failing to address militant Islam - analysts

One of the central messages in the wake of the tragic violence in Paris is that governments and societies need to do more to counter the messages of militant Islam.

French and American authorities were aware that the Kouachi brothers were radicalized, but had no advance warning that they would attack the editorial offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

Farah Pandith, the first American Special Representative To Muslim Communities and now a Senior Fellow with the Council on Foreign Relations says, she's seen how little the West is doing to counter the messages of extremist Muslim ideology.

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The Council on Foreign Relations' Farah Pandith says, the young people who are searching for their place in society and their own identity are the most important to reach.

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The Council on Foreign Relations' Farah Pandith says, if governments want to stop this level of violence carried out by Muslim extremists, they have to address who the groups like the Islamic State organization are trying to recruit and how they hear those message.

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