I believe it is a bit more complex. From the point of view of the bomber this is certainly true. But there are also people using their gullibility. I have read multiple times that Isis has amongst its member ex Baathist officer from Saddam, Ba&#x27;ath party which was at least originally more secular and left-leaning. I am pretty sure that some of these people are not that into the religious aspect, except as a recruiting and propaganda tool.<p>The way I see it is that using the &quot;Islam&quot; brand is great way to have funds and international support&#x2F;appeal.<p>In the same way, in the sixties, you had plenty of nationalist movements all over the world that were claiming to be Communist. Sure it was also the hand of Moscow at work, but for local people, that was also a great way to secure some funding&#x2F;weapons&#x2F;etc from USSR.<p>Also some of the bomber have allegedly married in Syria, possibly with children, I am not sure what would happen to their family if they defected.