Nurshadrina Khairadhania: Migrating to Syria and the search for her Islamic identity

Three young men, believed to be linked to ISIS, were arrested in Melbourne in March, raising questions about how to prevent young people from becoming violent extremists. A young Indonesian woman’s experience provides invaluable insights into the problem.

Nur Dhania went to Syria to find her Islamic identity but now is active in Indonesia in efforts to prevent young people moving to violent extremism. Source: Courtesy Hakim (Counter Violent Extremism) in Mar 2018 at Counter Violent Extremism Workshop.

Nurshadrina Khairadhania who is also known as Nur Dhania, is active in the Preventing Violent Extremism and Counter Violent Extremism campaigns.  She explains how she was persuaded to move to Syria in the time of ISIS and how we can learn from her experience.

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Allegations of involvement in a terror plot resulted in this young man’s arrest. Why are some young people vulnerable to becoming extremists. Source: Image by Tessa Fox/AAP 17 Mar 2021.