But Sabah Choudhry thinks another element of it could be that they feel alienated here in the UK: “Being a Muslim in the West in this post 9/11 world, where Muslims feel targeted, they feel going over to this so called Islamic State is how they’ll better themselves. I feel when people feel they’re targeted in their country they’re more likely to go down that path. They might feel they’re fitting in and maybe they feel they’re the missing link here in the UK.”