The frenzy in western media over the Moroccan origins of the hostage taker in a French supermarket Friday is indicative of a western penchant to seek scapegoats for their failed deradicalization and integration policies. The supermarket attacker, named Radouane Lakdim, 25, was born in Morocco but has no link to the African Kindgom whatsoever. He was brought to France when he was 7-month old and was raised and educated in France. The analyses that deliberately seek to put the blame on the Moroccan origins of the perpetrators of terrorist attacks in Europe are as superficial as they are lame. A look at the biography of Lakdim shows that he has moved to France before the age of adulthood.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 26, 2018 07:52 UTC