MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – More men and boys from a Somali American community in Minneapolis have joined – or attempted to join – a foreign terrorist organization over the last 12 years than any other jurisdiction in the country. Then, as ISIS came back, we saw a whole bunch of people no longer headed for Somalia. “Recruitment takes place online as well as face-to-face radicalization, sometimes with promises of what appears to be legitimate opportunities. In one case, Zakaria Maruf, was known for some time as a member of the local Somali Hot Boyz gang. “Such punitive measures not only lack efficacy, they inevitably create an environment in which extremism can flourish, aligning with the presupposition of terrorist recruitment,” Omar wrote.

Source: Fox News February 16, 2019 15:22 UTC