In the last 15 years, 364 "jihadists" were indicted or convicted of a terrorist crime, or killed while committing an attack in the United States according to a New America Foundation study. Non-governmental organizations, community groups, and other concerned citizens have found ways to address these challenges through education, prevention, and civic action. Recently, Homeland Security offered the first grant opportunity "devoted exclusively to providing local communities with the resources to counter violent extremism" in the United States. This kind of care directed at a troubled, and perhaps lonely, person is applicable to preventing homegrown extremism. Rather they are evidence for how a community can develop its own resiliency and capacity to prevent health and safety problems; preventing homegrown extremism is no different.

Source: Huffington Post September 08, 2016 21:45 UTC