Clarion call for teenagers is to violence not religion, says terrorism expert

By Natalie O'Brien
Updated October 11 2015 - 1:23am, first published 12:15am
Professor Bruce Hoffman says violence not religion is being used as a factor in radicalisation. Photo: Sahlan Hayes
Professor Bruce Hoffman says violence not religion is being used as a factor in radicalisation. Photo: Sahlan Hayes
Professor Bruce Hoffman says violence not religion is being used as a factor in radicalisation. Photo: Sahlan Hayes
Professor Bruce Hoffman says violence not religion is being used as a factor in radicalisation. Photo: Sahlan Hayes
Professor Bruce Hoffman says violence not religion is being used as a factor in radicalisation. Photo: Sahlan Hayes
Professor Bruce Hoffman says violence not religion is being used as a factor in radicalisation. Photo: Sahlan Hayes
Professor Bruce Hoffman says violence not religion is being used as a factor in radicalisation. Photo: Sahlan Hayes
Professor Bruce Hoffman says violence not religion is being used as a factor in radicalisation. Photo: Sahlan Hayes

Farhad Jabar was never seen wearing Islamic style clothing. Nor was he known to talk about religion. Yet the 15-year-old public high school student still became radicalised and committed the most violent of acts – murder.

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