Posted: Feb 06, 2020 3:32 pm
He points out the need to build status in young men causes some of them to commit violent acts, be more likely to join causes that will have them, and so on. There need to be valid paths for young men to build status in their communities that don't involve violence. That's something that goes far beyond just terrorists, but in reality they're not a special case.
Yes, there's a commonality found among all societies in that the 18-28 male cohort is the group committing the most violence and crime; narratives can help fuel or restrict this, and wider education can counteract it.
You can have as many de-radicalisation initiatives as you want, but perhaps a better strategy would be to prevent radicalisation in the first place.
Or at least to 'try' to prevent it in the first place, although that then runs up against logistical & freedom issues with respect to the government needing to closely monitor the interactions between imams and their congregations in mosques around the nation.