On May 23, 2017 at 18:12, Ernie Gilman said...
A terribly difficult thing to deal with is that this was the 22 year old son of Syrian refugees who came to England before he was born. This is not just someone who came to England and bombed it. A whole life was lived in England and this was the result.
Lybian.
And the majority of the militant Muslims are second gen, just like this kid- they're in a world that's in the middle of what their parents know, where they live and the Islam their parents grew up with is far different from what it is now, according to some expert on BBC last night. It's a lot like gang members and the majority of London's Islamic problems is in Manchester, in a small radius, with people who have a similar background.
I'm not offering sympathy, just the perspective I have heard many times.
