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Outlook: Outlook Weekend: Doubt and Other Cures

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09/12/2017 GMT

Outlook Weekend: Doubt and Other Cures

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Stories of how football and falling in love persuaded extremists to change their minds

Noman Benotman is a Libyan former jihadist, Fatima Akilu uses football to educate militants in Nigeria and Angela King was a neo-Nazi until she fell in love with a black woman.

Libyan former jihadist Noman Benotman was a close comrade of Osama Bin Laden but they fell out and Noman now works to counter extremism. Dr Fatima Akilu uses art and football to deradicalise and educate Islamist militants in Nigeria. Angela King was a neo-Nazi, then she fell in love with a black woman while serving time in a US prison.

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