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After RCMP thwarted a major terror threat in Ontario last week, Mohamed El-Rafih knew that his community anti-radicalization initiatives were more urgently needed than ever.

El-Rafih is best known in Calgary’s Muslim community as the creator of an anti-radicalization program that he calls Fostering Youth Inclusiveness (or FYI). The program is a day camp for children aged five to 12 that aims to fight radicalization by tackling the feeling of isolation that some Muslim children experience while trying to integrate into Western society.

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Now, after RCMP narrowly avoided what was said to be a planned major terrorist attack on an urban centre, El-Rafih is gathering a group of local politicians, police, religious leaders and Muslim community members on Thursday to see how his programs can be expanded and brought to high school-age youth.

“The purpose behind this meeting is to look at the messaging (we’ve come up with), and to get everybody’s opinion on … whether it is going to help us against radicalization,” said El-Rafih.