OPINION LETTERS

摘要

From Mehmood Naqshbandi Peter Neumann is right to qualify the threat posed by jihadis returning from Syria; their motives are quite distinct from those who attempt terrorist activity within the UK (5 July, p 24). However, all such jihadis have one very significant impact on return: their credibility among their peers is hugely increased. The effect of this is twofold. It encourages like-minded persons to pick the same path unless they can be discouraged, as Neumann suggests, but more significantly, it induces stay-at-home militant peers to become more inclined to commit domestic terrorism.