Insight – In Britain, teachers learn how to tackle extremists

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By Michael Holden and Sara Ledwith BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) – Birmingham school principal Kamal Hanif recently gave a group of parents a presentation about how extremists use social media to recruit young people. For extremists, he told them, that ignorance is a weapon. “If you're not speaking to your child and being very open with them, they've got no-one to go to.” Hanif is in a good position to know.

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Insight – In Britain, teachers learn how to tackle extremists