It's the Ideology, Stupid

Fabrizio Cavallo Marincola, 22, who studied mechanical engineering beside Abdulmutallab – nicknamed Biggie – at University College London, said that he graduated in May 2008 and showed no signs of radicalisation or of links to al-Qa'ida. "We worked on projects together," he said. "He always did the bare minimum of work and would just show up to classes. When we were studying, he always would go off to pray.

So this was not a disaffected Muslim youth, driven to jihad by wretched poverty. It is someone taken up by radical Islam, which frankly seems to be the only variation making headway in its recruitment drives worldwide.

I am willing to bet "Biggie" said more and did more than "just go off to pray" but that the blinders caused by "celebrating diversity" - that is, don't question anyone or raise any alarms when they start mentioning the slaughter of infidels untrue to Allah - were in place.

Oh, and Jasper Schuringa? The dude is hawt and he rawks.