Godet, who serves as head of the psychiatry unit at Saint-Cyr-au-Mont-d’Or hospital centre and is a member of the national office of the Union of Hospital Psychiatrists (SPH), said: “There is no scientific study showing an objective link between jihadist radicalism and this or that personality structure.”

Every act by jihadis worldwide has been perpetuated in the name of Islam. It is an expansionist doctrine that calls for and sanctions heinous human rights violations.

The Muslims who choose to practice these doctrines are fueled by religious zeal, and are promised rewards in paradise as mujahideen martyrs. They are not mentally ill; they are indoctrinated, and have chosen a path. They are further inspired by hate preachers and leaders, such as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who envisions a revived Ottoman Empire; the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei; and the leader of the Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who has a PhD in Islamic Studies.

There is no link between mental illness and jihad terror. There is, however, a twist: a violent psychotic may be drawn to the jihad doctrine as justifying his propensity for violence. In such cases, two damaging phenomena can combine. But they are still separate entities and should be treated as such.

“Psychiatrist Denies Link Between Mental Illness and Radical Islamic Terrorism,” by Chris Tomlinson, Breitbart, May 3, 2018: