France worries about how to handle released terrorists
Many more are due to leave prison soon
“BEING LOCKED up is a piece of piss if the guy was ready to die,” said Youssef, who had been jailed for jihadism. “Ten years in prison? It’s fi sabilillah (in the cause of Allah). I’m going to learn the Koran, and leave even stronger.” Youssef (not his real name) was speaking to Hugo Micheron, a researcher conducting a study on jihadism in France. By the time the book was published last year, Youssef had served his term and been set free.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Reform or relapse?”
Europe May 8th 2021
- Ten years after Spain’s indignados protests
- A court ruling triggers a big change in Germany’s climate policy
- How the Irish Republic is making the best of Brexit
- France worries about how to handle released terrorists
- In Turkey’s latest covid-19 lockdown, alcohol sales are barred
- Meet the man who could oust Viktor Orban, Hungary’s strongman
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