Morocco Introduces Reform Program to Rehabilitate Former ISIS Terrorists

Moroccan authorities are implementing a reform program to rehabilitate former ISIS terrorists.

Many ISIS ex-terrorists have benefited from the “reconciliation” program launched by the Moroccan government in 2017 for men and in 2019 imprisoned women who showed a willingness to renounce extremism.

The Moroccan prison program aims to deradicalize former ISIS terrorists, and it is a completely voluntary program that works to “change the behavior of prisoners and improve their life path,” according to the Associated Press news agency.

Mohsen, a 38-year-old former ISIS terrorist who is serving a 10-year prison sentence on terrorism charges, says he left Morocco to join ISIS.

He added that he felt it was a holy fight in Syria and that he saw “all the horrors of war.”