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AJC Strategy Conference, Panel 1: Strategies to Confront and Defuse Islamist Extremism
Panel 1
Counter-Radicalization: Strategies to Confront and Defuse Islamist Extremism
Moderator: Ms. Simone Rodan-Benzaquen, Director, AJC Paris
Featured Panelists:
Imam Yahya Pallavicini, al-Wahid Mosque, Milan, and Vice President, Comunità Religiosa Islamica Italiana
Mr. Haras Rafiq, Managing Director, Quilliam Foundation, United Kingdom
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