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Politicians were not exactly popular in the suburban projects, he told Le Parisien, but he nonetheless hoped to collect autographs for his family. “In a pinch, maybe the president can help me get hired,” he said.

The man was Amedy Coulibaly, who was killed Friday after seizing hostages in a Jewish supermarket in Paris, an attack he claimed was in support of the terrorist Islamic State of Iraq & Al-Sham. A close associate of Said and Chérif Kouachi, the two brothers who attacked the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo Wednesday, Coulibaly is a symbol of the huge challenges lying ahead for France.

The attack on the magazine, which left 12 dead, and Coulibaly’s apparently coordinated actions, which resulted in the deaths of a police officer Thursday and four hostages Friday, highlight the growing problem of radicalization among young, disenfranchised French Muslims.

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In Canada we also have men incarcerated for terrorism-related offences. In addition, there are a significant number of inmates, Muslim or otherwise, who could potentially be radicalized. What is the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) doing about it? Well, according to a recent CBC story by reporter Kathleen Harris, the spokeswomen suggests CSC is hard at work.

The piece was prompted after an access to information request that revealed a briefing note from the CSC Commissioner, Don Head, to the Minister of Public Safety, Steven Blaney. In the May 2014 note, the Commissioner requests funding ($63,000) to fly experts in from around the world for a roundtable. The Minister agreed with the allocation. In the story, a CSC spokeswoman stated, “CSC is reviewing the most effective interventions and management practices for radicalized offenders that are used nationally and internationally.” She added, “This will include looking at the possibility of adapting or developing a tool to identify offenders who are at risk of being susceptible to radicalization.” She also noted CSC initiatives to prevent radicalization, including comprehensive intake and screening procedures and training for front-line staff on security threat group identification.