Islamic State Update: Why Westerners Are Joining Islamic State

August 27, 2014 – Segment 3

We examine why Western Muslims are joining Islamic State, with: Dr. Thabit Abdullah, Associate Professor of Middle East History and Associate Dean for External Relations at York University, Toronto; Joyce Davis, author of Martyred: Innocence, Vengeance and Despair in the Middle East and Between Jihad and Salaam: Profiles in Islam President of the World Affairs Council of Harrisburg; and Dr. Syed Farid Alatas, Associate Professor of Sociology at the National University of Singapore.

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