Radicalisation not dependent on integration

An as yet unpublished report shows surprisingly that the radicalisation of young Muslims has nothing to do with integration.

A new report from Roskilde and Aarhus Universities gives some surprising insights into the issue of radicalisation – particularly that it has very little, if nothing, to do with integration.

Radicalised young men tend to be well-integrated and able to speak the language of their adopted countries.

“They become radicalised from their own perception of what happens around the world,” says Shahamak Rezaei, Associate Professor at the Institute of Social and Globalisation Affairs at Roskilde University, one of the authors of the report.

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