ISIL: Why is Europe The Target Of Terror Attacks?
The Market Mogul
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A lorry drives into civilians in France. A hijacked truck rams into a department store in Sweden. Airports are struck by blasts in Belgium, while a man goes on a shooting spree in Germany …
Jihadist groups find an opportunity for recruitment in European countries due to the states’ secularism “coupled with a sense of marginalisation among immigrant communities”, according to a report from The Soufan Group, a major security firm based in New York.
The report also says that “against this sense of alienation, the propaganda of the Islamic State offers an attractive alternative of belonging, purpose, adventure and respect.” These are the people ISIS recruits: the marginalised. And the more they manage to ‘recruit’, the more repressive the populist governments aim at becoming. This widens the gulf and makes Europe an easier target for ISIS …
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Download The Soufan Group’s updated report on Foreign Fighters here.
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