Approaches to Effectively Preventing Islamist Radicalisation
There are over 7,000 Salafists living in Germany. Over 700 people have travelled to “IS”-controlled territory in Syria and Iraq from Germany, the number of “IS” returnees is on the rise. A historical-critical exegesis of the Quran, an expansion of Islamic religious education in schools, increased use of German as the medium in which sermons are delivered in mosques, employment of more Muslim chaplains, as well as websites aimed at young people that promote considered Islam can counter the alarming trend of increasing Islamist radicalisation.
Thomas Volk, Koordinator Islam und Religionsdialog der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, fasst kurz im Video zusammen, was die Themenschwerpunkte des Policy Papers sind