Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Islamist jihadis are mostly well off and educated

By Donald Sensing

The Education of ‘Jihadi John’ - NYTimes.com

These speakers claim to preach Islam, but they peddle a highly politicized, often violent strain of my faith. It is easier than one might think for bright, capable people like Mr. Emwazi to fall for the myopic worldview of the preachers of hate. Young people from relatively prosperous, educated backgrounds have long been overrepresented in jihadist causes.
So writes a former, highly-radicalized Muslim. Read the whole thing.

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