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| France's Only De-Radicalization Center Closes Its Doors |
| 2017-07-29 |
| [AnNahar] La Belle France's first jihadist de-radicalization center is set to close after less than a year, the government said on Friday. The center in Pontourny, western La Belle France, which opened in September 2016, was aimed at convincing radicalized 18 to 30-year-olds to turn their back on extremism. But Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said the experiment "has not been conclusive." "The experiment of this center, which operates on a voluntary basis, has shown its limitations. The government has therefore decided to end the experiment," the minister added. The center can accommodate 25 people, but has never had more than nine residents, none of whom have completed the de-radicalization program. The center has been empty since February. Collomb said the government would now look at ways of developing alternative de-radicalization programs. The center in Pontourny had been criticized by local residents alarmed that those at the center could come and go freely in the town. A Senate report published on July 12 was heavily critical of La Belle France's de-radicalization strategy and called for the center to be closed. La Belle France has been a consistent target for jihadists since 2015, with more than 230 people killed in attacks. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #7 Gave up as a lost cause? Oh well, there is always the option of paying homage to the saints of impossible causes: Saints of Impossible Causes. Ya even got a choice. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-07-29 17:11 |
| #6 That was short lived |
| Posted by: newc 2017-07-29 12:33 |
| #5 Because if they did that it would mean admitting they were wrong? |
| Posted by: gorb 2017-07-29 12:18 |
| #4 Why bother de-radicalizing them when you should be deporting them? |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2017-07-29 11:49 |
| #3 Opening soon in its place shall be the de-parochialization center. Because by now it's easier to wean the eurotrash off their ideas of freedom and liberty. Next step, free islamic sharia school, muslim rape-a-thons, stabbings and soon... stonings at the Eiffel ! Somebody buy up the fµckin' Louvre before this, please! |
| Posted by: Dron 2017-07-29 08:09 |
| #2 Wow, a failed social program that shut down instead of asking for more money! |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-07-29 07:50 |
| #1 Because the only way to de-radicalize a Muslim is reincarnation? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-07-29 03:53 |