ex-jihadis get ping-pong, pepsi and video games (though no wrestling pandas).
In return for the more relaxed environment, prisoners have to attend religious education classes where Islamic scholars challenge their views.
The thinking behind the new initiative is to fight al-Qaeda’s ideology by convincing militant Islamists they have a distorted view of Islam
The Unraveling: The jihadist revolt against bin Laden. contrary to our fevered imaginings after 9/11 it seems plausible that that event will the “high water mark” of the al qaeda movement. most interesting is the anger from those who are waging the war against the “near enemy” (arab autocracies) as opposed the “far enemey” (non-muslim western regimes). even with al qaeda the shift from the near to the far enemy was somewhat controversial in the late ’90s.
Senior Saudi cleric calls young jihadis “preachers of evil”
The memetic fight against hirabah must come from within the Islamic tradition to be effective.
RELATED - Abu Aardvark links to various fronts in the “war of ideas”
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