Ex-skinhead, former Islamic radical open summit against extremism

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DUBLIN—There was a time when Maajid Nawaz and T.J. Leyden would have never been in the same room, let alone share a stage and handshake.

Nawaz was a British leader of the Hizb ul-Tahrir, a radical Islamic organization that recently made headlines for its alleged infiltration of Pakistan’s army.

Leyden was an American neo-Nazi skinhead by the time he was 14 and member of a racist transnational gang.

Together, they kicked off an unusual conference Monday morning — the Google-sponsored “Summit Against Violent Extremism” — which aims to uncover the roots of radicalization.

http://www.thestar.com/article/1015907--ex-skinhead-former-islamic-radical-open-summit-against-extremism

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