Muslims best way to stop radicalization in U.S., report says

According to a new report from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, the administration of Barack Obama should reach out and work closely with Muslim communities to counter homegrown radicalization of extremist forms of Islam represented by al-Qaeda and its allies.

While the report makes clear that US Muslims do not suffer from the kind of alienation among Muslim communities in Europe, it points to warning of some important trends. These trends including the disappearance of Somali-Americans, resurfacing in Somalia to fight for the Islamic insurgency battling for control of Mogadishu, and ties between Muslim charities and terrorist entities like Hamas and Hezbollah. The report criticizes the US for not leveraging its best resource in the struggle against radicalization – the Muslim community itself.

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