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Dec 2014
23m 32s

Mothers of Jihadists

Bbc World Service
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An international NGO, Women without Borders, based in Vienna, with years of experience working in the field of counter terrorism, is pioneering a strategy of using mothers of Jihadist fighters and supporters to help counter the radicalisation of young men and women.

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