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Originally Posted by Shaun

Sounds legit tbh.

But then the vast underfunding of education in these countries is the primary problem, as is true with much of southern Asia/much of Africa. I'd be willing to stake that most extreme branches of Islam thrive off of intimidation and removing or heavily restricting what children (let alone female children) are taught.

For every example of us showing welcome in times of refuge, there needs to be a more concerted effort to educate (but that's not going to take importance over the US' need to sell them weapons I suppose).

The problem there is though, it doesn't explain why Western-educated people, and in fact many entirely westernised socially (you see old pictures of them with diverse groups of friends / playing playstation and listening to music like any other teen) are able to be targeted and radicalised. There has to be much more to it.