As a Muslim teenager living in rural Australia, Aisha Novakovich had a laminated poster of Osama bin Laden in her bedroom. He was her hero and she wanted to ''join the fight against foreign oppressors''. Two decades later, happily married with two children, she warns that young people remain vulnerable to the lure of extremism. She and other Australian Muslims tell their stories to Beau Donelly.
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