even god could forgive me for what i had done. the priests words changed my life if god tests you it s because he loves you you have the strength within you to master this test. i always wanted my mother to love me and then someone says there s a power that loves me more than people can love me. mokhtari didn t convert to catholicism he wanted to find his own roots so he learned about islam and became a muslim today he works with prisoners first he tries to get them to accept that their prison sentence is justified then he helps them look for an apartment and a job when their sentence is over many regard mokhtari as a wonderful exception but still an exception. looks looking at the psychological
society. in some prisons like here in oz the near paris prisoners judged to be terrorism risks are under surveillance around the clock the guards are supposed to find out who is really dangerous and should be isolated a correctional officer who wants to remain anonymous says that s easier said than done. the most dangerous ones and those who prey the most or who practice their religion most devoutly the most dangerous ones work in secret they seem completely normal even in prison we look for a little signs what they read or watch on t.v. and how they behave when exercising in the yard. the french authorities long tried to ban islam as such from the prisons only in recent years had they begun hiring in moms to teach inmates a peaceful form of islam mokhtari says it was a catholic prison chaplain who turned him around. my felt that not
a death and that wasn t all in prison he fell under the sway of a radical preacher who wanted to recruit him for terrorist attacks for the so-called islamic state. no spiritual foundation. was where i came from what religion i had the preacher exploited this weakness to pull me into his orbit. mokhtari his parents abused him he landed in a detention home and began a typical criminal career prison was like criminal graduate school. and islamic state recruiter began influencing him and telling him what he ought to do. very dark look in his eyes. and he said. you are a muslim and you must defend islam. you must kill the unbelievers wherever you find them. and the french state find it difficult to
a long time in prison for armed robbery that resulted in a death and that wasn t all in prison he fell under the sway of a radical preacher who wanted to recruit him for terrorist attacks for the so-called islamic state. no spiritual foundation. was where i came from what religion i had the preacher exploited this weakness to pull me into his orbit. mokhtari his parents abused him he landed in a detention home and began a typical criminal career prison was like criminal graduate school. and islamic state recruiter began influencing him and telling him what he ought to do. very dark look in his eyes. and he said. you are a muslim and you must defend islam. you must kill the unbelievers wherever you find
them. and the french state find it difficult to counter islamist radicalization and its prisons last year it was decided to isolate the radicals from the other prisoners but the decision wasn t implemented in part because there just isn t room in the overfilled jails attorneys for victims of terrorism say the authorities are not fulfilling their responsibility. also there was something must be done now otherwise people who are at risk to persuade others of their radical theories and who are extremely violent themselves will continue to be sent to normal prison wards. there they are in contact with other inmates and so radical islam is and will continue to spread his own forces. mokhtari says separating radicals is not enough the young men in prison should be