Imprisonment, deportation, electronic ankle bracelets – politics has lots of suggestions on how to increase security and get terror under control. Of course, those are valid options, but how does that change the fact that there are people out there who disagree with the state, who feel rejected by society, who hate the system? That’s what we should be focusing our energy on, regardless of whether it’s caused by Islamists or right-wing extremism. These are phenomena that can’t be simply locked away …
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Judy Korn & Thomas Mücke, founders of Violence Prevention Network ©Violence Prevention Network/FotoPloetz
In a world where the only countermeasure against extremism and terrorism seems to be to lock it away, it takes people who promote dialogue and understanding to reach those who are (still) accessible to it. It takes people who intervene, where signs are noticed when this is no longer the case. These kinds of people exist. They deserve our support. Violence Prevention Network can help.