Jihad Me At Hello

“She was a redheaded rebel, the singer in the family, a trash-talking, tattooed 21-year-old wrapped up in a hip-hop dream of becoming Holland’s Eminem. Then Betsy found Allah.” WaPo’s Anthony Faiola and Souad Mekhennet share a very interesting piece on one of the unique (and pretty shocking) aspects to the rise of ISIS. Many of the young people who are leaving their homes to join the Islamic State come from non-Muslim homes. Consider these stats: “1 in 6 Europeans joining the self-styled caliphate are converts to Islam from non-Muslim faiths including Christianity, as well as nonreligious backgrounds. In some countries, such as France, the ratio of converts among those leaving is significantly higher: about 1 in 4.”