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You choice of wording suggests a different meaning from what, I hope, you intended. You say "all Muslims living in Europe who have the potential to be radicalised" - this sounds very much like "all Muslims ... have the potential to be radicalised". Hopefully, what you actually mean is "monitor any Muslim with the potential to be radicalised" - i.e. monitor a tiny number of Muslims, not all of them!

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That's incorrect.

"all muslims living in Europe who have the potential to be radicalised" is the subset of muslims who have the potential to be radicalised.

Your comment would have been valid if he/she had written "all muslims living in Europe, who have the potential to be radicalised."

Yes, syntax matters. The HN crowd ought to know. ;)

I know that, literally, that's the meaning of what they wrote. But this is an emotive issue. Anyone reading it quickly can easily misunderstand the intent; judging by the downvotes, many did. It would be wise, in such a case, to be as unambiguous as possible.

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