just have hearings to be heard and seen. of course, some of us expressed our outrage. you have hearings to have oversight over an agency or to find the truth. and my question today was did we find the truth or did we in essence stifle this constitutional document that we love so much, because we isolated a religion and we suggested that there was no freedom of religion and that have religion, contrary to all of our views was the cause of radicalism in this nation. might i just say one word, the gentleman s son, and i m a parent, so i have the greatest affection for him, but i think it s important to note that that young man, unfortunately, went to yemen and was in the jails of yemen and therefore had the opportunity to be radicalized there. the captain in austin, in ft. hood, excuse me, was on the internet imam from yemen. we have to be careful of how we suggest muslims here in this
targeted for recruitment by the same violent extremists. there s nothing worse than a young mother or someone who brought a young one here, go to school and then go outside of the country and become a suicide bomber. reporter: the fbi has invested heavily in community outreach. security experts say it s paid off. there s greater trust and cooperation than in the past. we have seen many instances where parents have indicated they would have concern bz their child and they ll come to us and we work together with that parent to hopefully minimize or mitigate any potential threat. reporter: businessman abdul mohammed says columbus, ohio, mosques are united urging constant village license against potential recruiters. reporter: who is it in the community who is potentially radicalizing young people? is it the internet? is it somebody? is it an internet imam? who are we talking about? that s something we haven t been we left that for law
has paid off. there s greater trust and cooperation than in the past. we have seen many instances where parents have indicated that they would have concerns about their child. and they ll come to us and we work together with that parent to hopefully minimize or mitigate any potential threat. reporter: businessman abdul shmohamed says columbus mosques are uniteded, urging constant vigilance against potential recruiters. who is it in the community who is potentially radicalizing young people? is it the internet? is it somebody? is it an internet imam? who are we talking about? that s something we haven t been we let that for the law enforcement to figure out. reporter: even on college campuses like ohio state university. yusef has worked to educate his ear peers about the dangers of radicalization. to see somali youth who are
recruiting wannabe jihadis and who are most vulnerable. a number of muslim communities are knocking on doors, preaching in mosques and when they have to, reaching out to police and federal agents saying, we need your help. this soccer field in columbus, ohio is a long way from somalia. far from civil war, these kids have learned to dream big. what do you wan to do when you graduate high school? be a soccer player. i want to be engineer. reporter: what but? i want to be the president of somalia. reporter: pulled between two cultures, many in ohio s somali community fear teens like these could be targeted by extremists. who is it in the community who is potentially radicalizing young people? is it the internet? is it some body? is it an internet imam? who are we talking about? that s something we haven t been we leave that for the law enforcement to figure it out. reporter: that s the problem. no one knows for sure who s recruiting. persuading young men to get terror trai
internet. a federal task force has been looking into ways to stem violent extremism. among their greatest findings is that it cannot happen without community involvement. somalis in ohio have grasped rothe reality of the threat and are trying to figure out who they know who may be vulnerable. this soccer field in columbus, ohio is a long way from somalia. far from civil war, these kids have learned to dream big. what do you want to do when you graduate high school? be a soccer player. engineer. what about you? i want to be the president of somalia. reporter: pulled between two cultures. many in ohio s somali community fear teens like these could be targeted by extremists. who is it in the community who is potentially radicalizing young people? is it the internet? is it some body in is it an internet imam? that s something we haven t been we leave that for law enforcement to figure it out.