Yesterday we had a very interesting and informative lecture about extremist groups all over the world in general. First, Dr. Saltman explained the differences between countering, preventing and intervening violent extremism.
There are alternative programs to create natural reselliencies is a form of preventing. If you try to challenge extremism this means countering violent extremism. The third and sometimes most powerful way is the intervention.
In the 21st century, internet and social media are the most important media sending and receiving messages all over the world. So, it is definitely easier for extremist groups spreading information all over the world. But do not forget - internet is not a causer for radicalization, it is just a catalyst.
In the time period October till December 2014 there were about 46,000 ISIS supportive. Dr. Saltman told that we are targeting a symptom, not the cause and this fact should be changed.
Dr. Saltman also explained that there are push and pull facts. So, isolation, family problems are push affects. Pull facts are brotherhood, spiritual fulfillment and heroism
The media and the government often concentrate only on pushing facts, but pull facts play a important part, too.
To put it all into a nutshell, this lecture was helpful to understand what problems we have with extremist groups and how we can handle with.
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