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The Battle of Ideas 2.0: Combating ISIS Ideology at Home and Abroad

Prince Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, Matthew Levitt, Hedieh Mirahmadi

December 2014

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Abstract

On December 16, His Royal Highness Prince Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein of Jordan, Matthew Levitt, and Hedieh Mirahmadi addressed a Policy Forum at The Washington Institute. HRH Prince Zeid is the UN high commissioner for human rights. Levitt is the Institute's Fromer-Wexler Fellow and director of the Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence. Mirahmadi is the director of World Organization for Resource Development and Education (WORDE), a nonprofit dedicated to preventing radicalization. The following is a rapporteur's summary of their remarks