Deradicalization has poor odds of success, and while I don't participate in derad work I've got nothing but love and respect for the folks that do.
A huge majority of derad work happens in prisons, it's mostly invisible and it's happening in the darkest most hopeless places our society has invented
A huge majority of derad work happens in prisons, it's mostly invisible and it's happening in the darkest most hopeless places our society has invented
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It does not follow, however, that nobody should ever try derad work.
Anyone trying to bring hope into a prison — a place designed to extinguish all hope and dignity — is doing noble work.
Anas ibn Malik reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “If the Final Hour comes while you have a shoot of a plant in your hands and it is in your power to plant it before the Hour comes, you should plant it.”