‘terrorism watchdog’ admits that ‘deradicalization’ programs don’t work

 The whole premise of “deradicalization” is that Islam is a religion of peace that jihadis misunderstand, twist, and hijack. Since that is a false premise, and warfare against unbelievers is actually taught in the Qur’an and Sunnah, “deradicalization” focuses on other issues, such as “anger issues” that the jihadi may have, his feelings of “alienation,” and the like.

But since none of that changes what the Qur’an and Sunnah say about warfare against unbelievers, it doesn’t “deradicalize” the jihadi at all. A British psychologist behind a “deradicalization” scheme has also admitted that there’s no guarantee that jihadis can ever be “cured.”

“UK terrorism watchdog says deradicalisation programmes do not work,” by Nikki Harley, The National, December 14, 2020 (thanks to Henry):

The UK’s terrorism watchdog renewed calls for extremists to be given lie detector tests, arguing that deradicalisation programmes do not work.

Jonathan Hall QC, the UK’s independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, said there was “no magic bullet or special pill” that could help to change convicted extremists.

Mr Hall told The Times that schemes should be offered in conjunction with heavy supervision and said that the public should be under “no illusion” that they would be effective.

“There is no magic bullet, there is no special pill you can take that deradicalises people, whether they’re coming back from overseas from Syria or whether they’re being released from prison,” he said.

“It’s a pretty difficult, complex and fraught process. You can’t tell the public that you can place someone with a theological mentor … and they’ll come out the other side. It’s far more difficult than that.

“I can see why people try, because if you didn’t try, it would be throwing away all hope, and these offenders are also subjected to some pretty major restrictions, so it’s worth giving them an opportunity to change. And there will be some who will change, but you should be under no illusions. It is not some automatic process. And in many cases it simply won’t work. It doesn’t mean it’s not worth trying.”

This year, Mr Hall published a review into last year’s terrorist attack near London Bridge in which two people were killed, and made 45 recommendations.

In it, he recommended that terrorist offenders should take lie detector tests. The Home Office is still considering his report….