Well, not me, I’m a lover not a fighter. But Hassan Butt, the author of this article in the Daily Mail, was a member of the British Jihadi Network until 2006. In this article he speaks as a British citizen, as a Muslim and as someone willing to reach out to the other side. It’s an extremely fascinating read.

The foundation of extremist reasoning rests upon a model of the world in which you are either a believer or an infidel.

Since Islam must declare war on unbelief, they have declared war upon the whole world … I was taught by Pakistani and British radical preachers that this reclassification of the globe as a Land of War (Dar ul-Harb) allows any Muslim to destroy the sanctity of the five rights that every human is granted under Islam: life, wealth, land, mind and belief.

And most importantly

I believe that the issue of terrorism can be easily demystified if Muslims and non-Muslims start openly to discuss the ideas that fuel terrorism.