British pro-Palestine protesters ‘more at risk of radicalisation than I was,’ claims former jihadi (Interview)

“[To the protesters], the Palestinians are like heroes,” he said. “For Muslims [when he became a jihadist], Kashmiri people were the heroes. We wanted to liberate them. We wanted to be like them.”

He explained that he ultimately left the group when he realised the reality of what he was part of, saying he was “hurt” by what he saw and that people were “losing their lives because of the [group’s] goals”.

“[It is] exactly the same,” he went on. “The ideology and grievances which [Hamas] have created are exactly the same as [those LeT created].”

“We were [poorly] educated in [Pakistan] because we had a jihadist surrounding, but in Western countries, especially the UK, the atmosphere isn’t jihadist – the state doesn’t support it. This is a Western democratic country…

(Article published by Jamie Shapiro at The Jewish Chronical)