Posted on 09/02/2014 5:07:33 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Flocking of foreigners to Syria and Iraq is unprecedented, expert tells Haaretz.
The long arm of the brutal Islamic State organization is reaching into the European continent and further afield, drawing growing numbers of young disaffected citizens to its more-radical-than-al-Qaida ranks. Many of these foreigners, say European researchers, are young converts to Islam who are likely to fall prey to particularly extremist interpretations of the religion.
At present, some European governments are tightening security measures to prevent possible terror attacks by the foreign-trained, French- and English-speaking jihadis, while local human rights groups warn against the possibly illegal arrest of minors.
The presence of Western-educated fighters in what was formerly called the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, gained particular attention after release of a video showing the recent beheading of U.S. journalist James Foley by a masked executioner with a London accent. But European nations have been worrying for quite a while about their citizens joining the radical group which declared the birth of an Islamic State in June.
British Prime Minister David Cameron, for one, has recently authorized police and security forces to confiscate passports of suspected terrorists at the borders and to impose restrictions on where they live. French police have arrested a number of young men and women, some as young as 15, who were suspected of planning to join the Islamic State. Meanwhile, human rights groups in France have protested the arrests of minors, arguing that this violates the UN International Convention of the Rights of the Child.
“The presence of European fighters in Syria, and lately also in Iraq, has been unprecedented in both its scope and speed," Jeanine de Roy van Zuijdewijn, a researcher at the Hague's International Centre for Counter-Terrorism, tells Haaretz.
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I didn’t see it as about atheists. A lot of atheists believe in a lot more than religious people.
I just HAVE TO steal that expression. Priceless!
If these European countries were governed by people with any sense, they would revoke the jihadists’ passports and citizenship.
Precisely. Seems the media has lumped anybody that has roosted in Europe from anywhere in the World for even a short amount of time as Europeans, when in fact they have never assimilated to the Euro lifestyle, and have never intended to do so.
They are Muslims, not Europeans.
Sometimes I think the news media is doing this sort of reporting deliberately to cause people to question their negative perspective of Islam, and giving Islam a benefit of doubt. I wouldn’t put it past the Leftist controlled news media.
Golly, just think what would happen if yer-up had high youth unemployment.
thanks
The media likes to pretend that a foreigner in this or any country is a person of that country.
Calling an illegal alien in Boston a “Boston man” just seems ludicrous to me
So offering children a stateless, bland, safe life that rejects the concept of exceptionalism doesn’t look as “fun” as adventure and mayhem?
Color me shocked.
Deluded as it is, the promise of guns, money, freedom, women, and lots of free drugs, cigarettes and coca-cola will always be a lure so long as Europe forbids everything.
I believe you are absolutely correct. Thanks for your response.
This has ZERO to do with the attraction of Islam. It is a sick desire of these individuals to act out their sickest blood thirsty fantasies in real life and be rewarded for it.
Not surprised. They have decided to cast their lot with SATAN.
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