1) Places in the non-Muslim world where a lot of Muslims live. (NYC, DC, Madrid, London)
2) Places in the Islamic world where a lot of non-Muslims visit. (Bali, Iraq, Amman, Egyptian resorts).
This is Criminal Studies 101. They go where they CAN go. Serial killers go after prostitutes because they are on the streets in the dark, wee hours. Islamist killers go where they can pass for normal citizens, where there is a healthy Muslim population.
This is Criminal Studies 101. They go where they CAN go. Serial killers go after prostitutes because they are on the streets in the dark, wee hours. Islamist killers go where they can pass for normal citizens, where there is a healthy Muslim population.Ted Bundy's victims weren't prostitutes, nor were BTK's, and neither were many of those of the Green River killer.
Likewise, there are Muslims that you would never know, visually, to be Muslims. They could strike places were there are few Muslims. But Al Qaeda typically doesn't perform such attacks. They hit the places where the two worlds come together.
-Eric