Before we even go further we would want to know extremist groups that have been within our borders for awhile now. The groups such as mungiki, sungusungu, 40 brothers, taliban and Alshabab have been associated with extrimist ideologies that pose a lot of security threat to students and the society at large.
The later being a Somalia based terrorist group that has done several explosions and killing of many innocent civilians in Kenya in places such as Garrissa University, Westgate shopping mall, Gikomba, Pandanguo in Lamu, Mombasa town etc.
Every individual need to know such factors that point to a young man and woman being vulnerable to the threat of radicalization:
- A strong conviction that their culture, tribe or religion is under attack and treated unjustly
- An overwhelming need for identity and belonging
- Need for more adventure and excitement
- Being gullible to the influence by friends and peers
- Tendency to look for conspiracy theories
- Development of mistrust of mainstream media
- Tendency to manufacture and spread directly or indirectly unfounded rumors
In order to know that your child has been exposed to the extremist ideologies, parent and carers need to look out for these things:
