34context where up to 1,000 British Muslims may
have gone to fi ght for the Islamic State.Harris Would you say that Britain is the most chal-
lenging country in Eu rope in this res pect?
Nawaz Although Belgium has the highest percentage
of citizens who recently went to Iraq and Syria to
join the Islamic State, studies show that the 500 to
1,000 who left from Britain have a higher level of
education and can be more extreme than their Eu-
ro pean counter parts.^10 Such numbers point to an
uncomfortably large minority and could not have
emerged from a vacuum. In fact, one of the most
alarming polls reported recently by the London
Times found that one in every seven young Britons
has “warm feelings” toward the Islamic State.^11
Whether or not this is accurate, it suggests a level
of grassroots sympathy that is too high for comfort.
An ideological undercurrent within communities
- T. Coghlan, “British jihadists wealthier and better edu-
cated than those from rest of Eu rope,” The Times, October
2, 2014. - O. Moody, “One in seven young Britons has sympathy
with Isis cause,” The Times, October 30, 2014.
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