By Jonny Dymond
In the years after 9/11 the threat to America from Islamist militants seemed to come exclusively from abroad, but recent events have disproved that assumption - and posed the question how to prevent the radicalisation of Muslim immigrants. The town of Daphne in the state of Alabama is one of the last places you would associate with violent jihad. It is a place of ease and comfort, tidy and prosperous. Large houses sit well back from the road, sprawling lazily in the trees in the warm spring sunshine. In front of many homes and shops the Stars and Stripes hangs, barely moving in the late afternoon stillness.Here Omar Hammami grew up, an all-American boy, baptised and church-going...[continued]
