Once I heard a far-right propagandist say that there were more muslim Brits serving in ISIS than in the British Armed forces. This claim sounded so ridiculous to me that I had to fact check it and not only was it true but it was true over a significant margin. The data on the amount of muslim Brits in the Armed forces is on the official army webpage and as for the number of Brits in ISIS, you can check the Wikipedia article for foreign fighters in ISIS (I went into the rabbit hole and also discovered that there were more Spanish of Moroccan descent fighting for ISIS than born-and-raised Moroccans; another fact that blew my mind

Show older
Qoto Mastodon

QOTO: Question Others to Teach Ourselves
An inclusive, Academic Freedom, instance
All cultures welcome.
Hate speech and harassment strictly forbidden.