David Cameron made some major changes to the U.K.'s Prevent program when he took power. Peter Neumann, director of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalization, has identified several conditions for successful de-radicalization. America's long tradition of freedom of speech and thought makes something like Britain's intrusive Prevent program a tough sell. Experts tend to agree that a poorly designed counter-radicalization program can do more harm than good if it isolates and stigmatizes the Muslim community. American terrorism researcher Clark McCauley likens it to "trying to get a Lutheran minister to preach to a bunch of Southern Baptists.

Source: CBC News August 20, 2016 08:59 UTC