It is becoming clear that terrorist organisations today are recruiting and influencing young people to carry out acts of violence in the name of God and various other ideologies. Sadly many youths, irrespective of race, religion, education background or economic status have fallen prey to the violent
rhetoric propagated by these groups.

Realising this, the Southeast Asia Regional Centre for Counter-Terrorism (SEARCCT) in collaboration with the Japan – ASEAN Integration Fund (JAIF) and facilitated by the ASEAN Secretariat, initiated a project comprising both research and seminar components that was designed to study the issue of
youths getting involved in terrorism.

This monograph, written by Thomas Koruth Samuel, studies the issue of the dynamics of youth and terrorism, paying close attention to the methods used by terrorists to entice the youth, the message or the narrative of the terrorists and the possible counter-narrative that could be subsequently developed.