Earlier today I read a parallel article by Yahya Birt, a British Muslim convert, admittedly the catalyst being a recent, un-seen TV programme:https://yahyabirt1.wordpress.com/201...d-documentary/

Two passages:
Former extremists dramatize their personal stories to overshadow all of our community’s multifarious and untold human stories to feed a dominant meme of the post-9/11 world: namely, that this complex geopolitical crisis is really all about maladjusted Muslim men.

(Ends with) We all really need to step back and have a more honest and searching debate if we are to have any chance of getting purchase on the perplexing and frightening problem of ISIS’s current success and appeal.