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The Report: Jihadi Converts

Jihadi Converts

08/05/2014

BBC Radio 4 - The Report, Jihadi Converts

Converts to Islam tell reporter Zubeida Malik how they were lured into extremism.

Converts to Islam are far more likely than born Muslims to be involved in terrorism. Converts who fell prey to extremist recruiters tell their stories to reporter Zubeida Malik.

Converts to Islam are far more likely to be involved in terrorist incidents than those who were born into Muslim families: converts account for around a quarter of terrorist convictions in Britain since 9/11 yet they represent only 2-3% of the UK's Muslim population.

As the anniversary of the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby by two Muslim converts approaches, the Today programme's Zubeida Malik investigates why new Muslims appear to be so vulnerable to the call of jihadi recruiters. She hears the stories of converts lured by extremists and talks to terrorism expert Professor Peter Neumann.

Producer: Anna Meisel.

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