MI5 Report Challenges Views On Terrorism In Britain

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From the Guardian:

MI5 has concluded that there is no easy way to identify those who become involved in terrorism in Britain, according to a classified internal research document on radicalisation seen by the Guardian.

The sophisticated analysis, based on hundreds of case studies by the security service, says there is no single pathway to violent extremism.

It concludes that it is not possible to draw up a typical profile of the "British terrorist" as most are "demographically unremarkable" and simply reflect the communities in which they live.

The "restricted" MI5 report takes apart many of the common stereotypes about those involved in British terrorism.

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My Comment: MI5 is overlooking the obvious when it comes to their profiling terrorists. Prairie Pundit sums it up perfectly:

Buried in the study is this unintentionally revealing finding:

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• British-based terrorists are as ethnically diverse as the UK Muslim population, with individuals from Pakistani, Middle Eastern and Caucasian backgrounds.

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Who knew they were all Muslims? While the report does not identify the other characteristic I am sure they were all religious bigots whether they were otherwise observant or not. In fact it is religious bigotry that is the driving force behind Islamic terrorism. What the MI5 study failed to do is come up with a way of identifying the religious bigots in the Muslim population.