Six years ago yesterday, on July 7, 2005, Islamist suicide bombers attacked London's transit system. They blew up three subway trains and a bus, killing 52 people and leaving a nation groping for answers.
Whereas 911 was the work of a foreign terrorist group, 7/7 was the work of British citizens. The question that haunts London is why four men born and brought up in Britain were gripped by such fanatic zeal for a murderous, mediaeval dogma.
The British authorities have expended much effort in seeking to understand how the 7/7 terrorists acquired their perverted ideas and became "radicalised". In the wake of the attacks, much ink was spilled over the role of extremist preachers and radical mosques. More recently, the focus has shifted to universities as recruitment centres for terrorists.
But this obsession with radicalisation misses the point. The real question is why so many young men - who by all accounts are intelligent, articulate and integrated - come to find this violent, reactionary ideology so attractive. To answer it, we need to look not at extremist preachers or university lecturers but also at public policy and, in particular, the failed policy of multiculturalism. [...]
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