Dounia Bouzar

The less the young person knows about Islam, the better it works, in France, we have 50 percent of people who knew nothing of Islam before becoming pro-Daesh (ISIS) in three months.

ISIS looks into the profile of each young person and adapts its jihadist ideology according to the psychological and social profile of each. It touches everyone – rich, poor, Christian, Jew, atheist, Muslim, practicing and non-practicing. The less the person knows about Islam, the better it works.

It is not that ISIS having lost its territories is less dangerous... by Dounia Bouzar

It is not that ISIS having lost its territories is less dangerous.

It's really hard to make them doubt. they think they know the truth... [ That ] ISIS is good, we are bad. We are here to make them doubt. We are here to make them think for themselves, to ask tough questions. And to stop thinking ISIS is right.

I tell parents that their children are going to make their way through this difficult moment :' Your child will save others.' I'm sure that their experience will help France in the fight against terror, we are [ part of ] a human chain, and we become a wave, crashing against these ISIS words :' We will win, because we love death more than you love life.' [ But ] WE will win, because life is stronger than death.