#49: Israel and Palestine in the Classroom; Fighting Extremism; Molenbeek; Critical Thinking
Andras interviews Mohamad, a Lebanon-born Palestinian who moved to Belgium in 2000 and works with students on dialogue, extremism prevention and also serves in the Belgian army reserve, and Eric, a Brussels teacher and former school director raised in Molenbeek who studied religious sciences and researched radicalization among local youth. They discuss how “radicalization” can mean returning to roots, but becomes dangerous as extremism when ideas are imposed through verbal or physical violence, and they describe classroom red flags such as students withdrawing from discussion or trying to…
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