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The Thought Show: Sympathy for Jihadis

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A Muslim speaking out against terrorism.

03/12/2015 GMT

Sympathy for Jihadis

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More Or Less investigates a claim about the level of sympathy among Muslims for Jihadis

More Or Less checks out a claim about sympathy among Muslims for Jihadis, BBC Trending  reports on a popular hashtag #ExMuslimBecause and the Why Factor asks why we wear suits.

In More Or Less, Ruth Alexander investigates a claim in a front page article in a popular British newspaper that one in five British Muslims have sympathy for jihadis. Is it, in fact, correct or misleading? 

BBC Trending reports on a popular hashtag #ExMuslimBecause used by thousands to explain online why they left Islam, but criticised by others as “hateful” and ill- timed. And, we hear about the outcry on Russian social media, calling on citizens not to holiday in Turkey following the shooting down of a Russian plane. But was it started by ordinary Russian citizens, or led by pro-Kremlin accounts?

And in the Why Factor, Mike Williams looks at a style of dress that’s spread around the world and survived, largely unchanged, for the three centuries – the suit.  

(Photo: A muslim demonstration against terrorism. Credit: Getty Images)

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