[DAWN] A MAJOR issue being debated in Britannia today concerns the Moslems -- men and women. It is what is termed the radicalisation of their youth.Concerns were sparked off by the Islamic State (formerly Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham) when its Death Eaters beheaded James Foley, an American journalist covering the war in Syria, and circulated a video of the bestial act. Even before this incident grabbed the headlines, media reports had been suggesting that authorities in London believed that as many as 500 Moslem men with British nationality had left the UK to join the IS 'jihad'.
The last straw came when Foley's killer was identified from his speech and accent as British. Writing for The Sunday Times, the foreign secretary summed up the widely felt sentiments: "It is horrifying to think that the perpetrator of this heinous act could have been brought up in Britannia."