Is threat of Islamic State in Africa real?

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The author, criminologist from Uganda, touches upon a crucial question of possible expansion of terroristic groups to African countries in his article "Africa should brace for influx of Islamic State jihadists".

Key issues:

• The group has become notorious for its cold and clinical nature, including mass killings, abductions and beheadings. IS, though, has attracted support elsewhere in the Muslim world. It is estimated that about 8,000 Africans are amongst the ranks of IS fighters in Iraq and Syria.

• ......Africa will face no more complex challenge in the near future and test its moral fibre and resilience than when this Jihadist group starts building its African chapter on the body parts of its African victims.

• For someone deeply unhappy with his life in Africa, won over by the mirage of some distant society ruled fairly according to God's laws and not man's, joining the ranks of the caliphate can be an attractive proposition.

Full text on:

http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/Africa-should-brace-for-influx-of-jihadists/620-3440274-2jrwab/

What do you think?