European Civil War Looms: French Professor Fears Growing "Jihad Generation" Among Unemployed Muslims

European Civil War Looms: French Professor Fears Growing "Jihad Generation" Among Unemployed Muslims | Zero Hedge

"The long-term goal of the Jihad Generation is to destroy Europe through civil war and then build an Islamic society from the ashes..." warns Professor Gilles Kepel, who is a specialist on Islamic and contemporary Arab world.

As The Sun reports, Kepel, from the Sciences Po in Paris, claims a growing number of Muslims with poor job prospects are forming a “Jihad Generation” to continue to commit acts of terror across Europe.

According to German newspaper Die Welt, Kepel said the terror group’s aim is to incite hatred towards Muslims from the rest of the society which would eventually radicalise others to the point that Europe could enter into full-blown civil war.

Kepel, who is a specialist on Islamic and contemporary Arab world, added these ISIS fanatics not only want to destroy Europe, but to eliminate more moderate Islamic opposition.

“The terrorism is above all an expression of a war within Islam,” he explained.

Most Salafists are not violent, Kepel says, "But they preach a cultural break with Western societies that are considered non-believers. That attracts people who see this break as an outlet for their social frustration and engage on this basis on a course towards violence."

He believes their strategy is similar to the expansion of Islamic State in Syria, Iraq, and Libya where the terrorist organisation was able to use the chaos of civil war to slowly build its forces, grow in power, and rapidly seize territory.

Kepel's comments come shortly after French Prime Minister Valls warned "there will be more attacks"...

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