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“Banning the burkini doesn't produce terrorists. But it does make the people who are already alienated, who are already disenfranchised, I many cases, economically disenfranchised in a place like France in many of those neighborhoods, and make them say, ah, ISIS's message is true and real.”

Michael Leiter

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Cases Disenfranchised Doe France Isis Messages Neighborhood People Produce Real Terrorist

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