When he was freed from prison, Khairul established an Islamic boarding school which acts as a place for trauma healing for the children of terrorist convicts. The school has the support of Indonesia’s National Agency for Combating Terrorism (BNPT), which has also established a similar center for the children of militants in Lamongan, East Java.

Harmful narratives and discrimination against minority groups leads to increasingly polarized environments that are conducive to violent extremism. Governments and stakeholders most uphold inclusive policies, and address hate speech based on ethnicity, religion, gender and other identities. To prevent violent extremism, consultative and whole-of-community approaches are essential.