Foreword by CVE Coordinator: It is my pleasure and a great privilege to deliver our National Strategy and Action Plan for Preventing & Countering Violent Extremism. This document is the result of a rigorous, inclusive process of dialogue and discussion with all the key stakeholders our over the last 8 months. We now have a strategy that is fit for purpose and locally owned. It provides a holistic, “whole of society” framework for addressing domestic and international security threats including terrorism. It focuses on countering the ideology and narratives of extremist groups that promote destruction and violence by using all the tools necessary in our cultural context. For example, Somalia is a Muslim country, we want to ensure all religious programs are attuned to the peacefulness of Islam while showing Al-Shabaab’s actions are all against the practices of Islam….