Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
French authorities say that Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the man suspected of planning last week's terror attacks, was killed in a raid Wednesday.
Last Friday, extremists launched a series of coordinated attacks across Paris that left 129 people dead.
The killings have also left the world asking two questions that often follow every event like this: how did this happen, and how can we make sure that it doesn't happen again?
Fathali Moghaddam is a professor of psychology at Georgetown University and has spent years researching extremism in the Middle East. He says that, while French authorities have made hundreds of arrests since Friday, this is only a temporary solution. Moghaddam told Take Two that the only way to stop terrorism is to address the social factors that cause young Muslims to turn into extremists.
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