LONDON – Among the most chilling developments in the rise of the Islamic State is that so many citizens of Western countries have joined the group’s ranks, becoming suicide bombers and beheading hostages. Why do hundreds of Muslims, many of them educated and from middle-class backgrounds, leave comfortable Western democracies to join a brutally barbaric movement?
伦敦—在伊斯兰国崛起的过程中，最令人心寒的也许是如此之多的西方国家公民加入其中，沦为人肉炸弹和断头人质。为何数以百计的穆斯林——其中许多人受过教育、来自中产阶级家庭——离开舒适的西方民主国家加入这个残忍的野蛮运动？什么导致年轻男女容易受到极端主义伊斯兰信息的影响？