Current spending on such programs, according to a new report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies on how to fight extremism, is just 0.1 percent of the country's counter-terrorism budget. "At the end of 2016, the threat is getting bigger," said Farah Pandith, a member of CSIS's Commission on Countering Violent Extremism. She stressed the focus has to be on Muslim youth connected through social media, drawing on a wide range of resources, from community organizations to social media providers. The report was completed before Trump won the presidential election a week ago, and was not targeted at him, the authors stressed. But it comes after a rough campaign during which Trump sparked fears in the US Muslim community after he said he supported blocking Muslims from entering the country.

Source: The Nation Bangkok November 16, 2016 02:05 UTC