Dr Anne Aly — counter-terrorism expert and the first Muslim woman in the Australian parliament — says almost all radicalised youths are experiencing problems at home.
“I still get emails and phone calls probably on a weekly, sometimes monthly, basis from a family that’s worried about their young person,” Dr Aly told Mark Aiston on FIVEAA.
“The first thing that I do is I talk to the family. I say, right, I want to meet with the parents first because nine times out of 10 there’s something going on in the family…”
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“There might be family breakup happening there might be lack of parental skills,” Dr Aly said…
“Sometimes it’s the young person rebelling, sometimes it’s the parents who are also fairly extreme in their views… it comes down often times to the parent and how the parent deals with that young person.
“In my experience families and peers are the most influential groups in terms of keeping young people away from radicalisation, but also bringing young people who are on their way to being radicalised back from the brink…
“We don’t have a program here in Australia that works with families.”
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