Why Do Young Muslim Men Heed the Siren Call of Jihad? You Won't Find the Answer In This Article--or On the Ceeb

Remember: jihad isn't scary. "Islamophobic" right-wingers are the scary ones:

Expect the recent CBC News report that two Canadians were part of a jihadist attack in Algeria to set off a new wave of Islamophobia in right-wing media outlets.

That's despite a growing evidence that politics, not religion, is often the primary force driving young people in the West to join violent Islamist groups.

Two 24-year-old men from London, Ontario—Xris Katsiroubas and Ali Medlej—were among the extremists who died in an assault that killed 37 workers at a gas plant in Algeria.

Katsiroubas reportedly converted to Islam from the Greek Orthodox Church.

Last night on CBC TV, the former deputy head of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, Ray Boisvert, explained to Peter Mansbridge that homegrown terrorism is not isolated to any one ethnic or religious community.

Boisvert pointed out that these young extremists are attracted to violence for many reasons, ranging from an adrenaline boost to carving out an identity. They also have a religious and political motivation, but in Boisvert's view, "it's mostly political."...

So you're telling us that the reason devout young Muslims from an upscale London, Ontario neighbourbood would leave their life of comfort to 'splode themselves in Algeria is "mostly political?"

Call me a right-wing "Islamophobe," but that's about the dumbest thing I've ever heard.

Update: "They are told to pray to Allah for the defeat of the kuffar" and other non-political reasons for the embrace of armed jihad.