"Deradicalization in and of itself does not exist."
§ The report implies that deradicalization, either in specialized
centers or in prisons, does not work because most Islamic radicals do not want
to be deradicalized.
§ Although France is home to an estimated 8,250 hardcore Islamic
radicals, only 17 submitted applications and just nine arrived. Not a single
resident has completed the full ten-month curriculum.
§ By housing Islamists in separate prison wings, they actually had
become more violent because they were emboldened by "the group
effect," according to Justice Minister Jean-Jacques Urvoas.
§ "Deradicalizing someone does not happen in six months. These
people, who have not been given an ideal and who have clung to Islamic State's
ideology, are not going to get rid of it just like that. There is no 'Open
Sesame.'" — Senator Esther Benbassa.
§ "The deradicalization program is a total fiasco. Everything
must be rethought, everything must be redesigned from scratch." — Senator
Philippe Bas, the head of the Senate committee that commissioned the report.
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Deradicalization of Jihadists a "Total Fiasco"
