Prospect magazine interviews notorious British jihadi Hassan Butt for some insight into his demented psyche. This is from the setup:
Radical Islam draws recruits from many walks of life, but in Britain its agents are of a type—second-generation British Pakistanis. Somehow they have been worst hit by the populations shifts of the last 50 years and the alienation that came with them. A few have rallied under a banner which brings an intense sense of grievance. And when they are done chasing absurd dreams of caliphates, there is always martyrdom. “For me there’s nothing bigger,” said Butt. I met many in Beeston with his makings: small, rootless lives, seeking bigger things.
I think we’re looking at the consequences of multi-culturalism and its opposition to proper assimilation, but read it see what you think.