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Want to prevent lone wolf terrorism? Promote a 'sense of belonging'

  • Written by Robert F. Barsky, Professor of English and French Literatures, and Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University

This September, as they start the school year, French children aged 14 years old and upwards are going to get lessons on how to deal with a terrorism attack on their school. Meanwhile, the debate over the ban on wearing burkinis and whether they are, in the words of France’s prime minister, “a political sign of religious...

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