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Islamic Extremism

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As the number of ISIS runaways increases, police are using a new weapon to try to keep people from joining the extremists: humor

As the number of ISIS runaways increases, police are using a new weapon to try to keep people from joining the extremists: humor. Competing with the apparent excitement and even perceived glamour of the Islamic militant groups, people have learned how to tap into the cultures that recruit young western Muslims. Mark Phillips reports on a popular 29-year-old British comedian named Humza Arshad.

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