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(710 posts)Well lets take these Paris attackers as our case study then, you have 2 brothers that were born and raised in a Western country, growing up and doing many things that would be considered a sin in Islam.
These 2 brothers are the ones that did the Paris attacks, so even though they were in a place where they had the choice of which interpretation of Islam to follow, they still chose the extremist interpretation.
A lot of times its about brainwashing, certain characters and self-proclaimed Imams have their own agendas, and so once they get hold of someone who is in a vulnerable state, they 'convert' them to extremist ideas by brainwashing them.
How else can you get a perfectly modernised teenager who drinks, parties and has girlfriends to give up all that in the mis-guided hope that if he commits terrorist actions and martyrs himself, that he will be forgiven for everything and be guaranteed heaven.