"The myth that poverty causes terrorism. In reality, study after study has shown that jihadists are not poor and bereft of economic opportunities, but generally wealthier and better educated than their peers. CNS noted that āaccording to a Rand Corporation report on counterterrorism, prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense in 2009, āTerrorists are not particularly impoverished, uneducated, or afflicted by mental disease. Demographically, their most important characteristic is normalcy (within their environment). Terrorist leaders actually tend to come from relatively privileged backgrounds.ā One of the authors of the RAND report, Darcy Noricks, also found that according to a number of academic studies, āTerrorists turn out to be more rather than less educated than the general population.āā"
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Jihad Watch - Islamic State on recruitment spree in Russia, āmoderateā imams canāt counter the jihadisā appeal (29 October 2015)
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