Most cults build upon or modify existing religious doctrine, yet how they express these beliefs varies from group to group.
There are calls for Australia to focus on early intervention strategies to steer young people away from the path to radicalisation in the wake of events like the Nice attack.
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The UK’s experience with its Prevent strategy over nearly a decade urges caution in how Australia should approach its own efforts to counter the threat of radicalisation.
The heavy truck that was driven into a crowd at high speed killing scores on Bastille Day in Nice.
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Five years ago, young people in the Middle East and North Africa led a major uprising with hopes for a better life. A University of Texas labor market expert explains why little has changed.
Brussels Airport bombers Brahim and Khalid el-Bakraoui had previously spent time in prison.
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Apart from having little or no knowledge of religion, the new crop of Islamic State recruits come primed for violence with a different set of skills, honed through criminal activity.
The January terrorist attack in Jakarta indicated a revival of radical jihadi groups in Indonesia.
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Indonesia should tackle the job and income insecurities that plague its large young workforce, to help prevent them being lured into joining violent extremist groups.
Brussels remains on high alert as raids continue.
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Tackling extremism, building happier adults and delivering a generation that can adapt to rapid change. Putting thinking and thinkers at the heart of the curriculum should be an easy decision.
John Dryden by John Michael Wright, 1668.
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Many literary greats have been religious outsiders, and reading them we can relate to our times. This is particularly the case with Dryden.
These participants in a seminar on advocacy and peacebuilding are part of a generation of young people working for global peace and security.
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When nearly half the world’s people are under 24 years old, they clearly have a critical role to play in working for peace and security around the world.