- Suicide bombers see themselves as the ultimate spearhead of defense against abuse of Muslim brothers and sisters.They consider that the best they can be, a martyr shaheed, says Magnus Ranstorp, internationally recognized terrorism researcher at the Swedish Försvarshögskolan.

 

He directs the work of foreign fighters in the EU Radicalisation Awareness Network (RAN).

 

- Death Culture among extreme Muslims

More and more young men who grew up in or have lived in Scandinavia, some of the world's safest countries, traveling to the world's most dangerous countries to blow themselves up in the war.Ranstorp believe there are various reasons for this, including a culture of death among some Muslims with extreme opinions.

- There is a culture of death where they glorify death more than life, he says.

 

According to Aftenposten, seven men with ties to Norway, Sweden and Denmark in recent years killed themselves in suicide bombings in Syria, Iraq and Somalia.

 

Terrorism Researcher Thomas Hegghammer by Defence Research says that no one travels out to blow up in the air.

- It's something they end up eventually when they get there.It becomes part of the game.They make themselves available for the groups they are with.They do it out of loyalty to the group, because they believe the matter or because they think they are going to heaven if they do, says Hegg Hammer.

- It is surprising if Scandinavian suicide bombers are overrepresented, he adds.

The seven suicide bombers are:

 

* Jamel (31) from Tunisia, also referred to as Abu Aya Al Norwajy, "the Norwegian", now honored as a martyr by the militant extremists in ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) after that he will let himself be blown up in the air suicidal on June 2.

 

The young Tunisians (31) came to Norway at the family reunion after he married a Norwegian woman of Tunisian origin.Her family has since the late 1980s lived in Norway.He was a frequent guest of Rabita Mosque with daily visits periodically.

- It is shocking.He did not seem like the type who would think of something like that, says the Board Basim Ghozlan.

 

* A Norwegian-Somali man in his 60'ssaid to have driven a car laden with explosives directly into a hotel in Mogadishu in the spring of 2014. 32 people have been killed, according to the terrorist group Al Shabaab claimed responsibility for the action.

 

* The young Danish convert Victor Kristensen (21)from Aarhus to have killed themselves in a suicide attack in Iraq this spring.He must have wandered in the disputed Grimshøjvej mosque in Aarhus before about two years ago traveled to Syria.

The chairman of the mosque, Oussama El-Saadi, said in an interview with Danish TV2 East Jutland that the young Dane died for what he believed.

- In our eyes he is a hero, says Oussama El-Saadi to the TV channel.

* A 28-year-old Swedish citizenwho was born in Iraq, blew himself in the street in a Christmas decorated Stockholm in December 2010.

The reason must have been the Swedish artist Lars Vilks depicting the Prophet Mohammed and Swedish soldiers in Afghanistan.

* A man ISIL call Abu Saad al-Denmarkshould have conducted a suicide attack near Mosul in Iraq in May this year.The last part of the name means "the Dane" or "Danish".He should have gone to Iraq to become a martyr, writes Berlingske.

* A 24-year-old Danish citizen of Somali origin blew up in the air during a graduation celebration in Somalia in 2009.

* A Swedish-Lebanese man (18)should be behind a suicide attack in a car bombing in Syria, said Ranstorp.

Magnus Ranstorp have here pointed out that there are several reasons why Scandinavians bursting in air, but the main thing is that they are indoctrinated.Some of them are also marginalized youths who know their Muslim identity after September 11 where they feel that the West is in conflict with Islam.

- More knowledge about Islam seems to be a protective factor against extremism, says Ranstorp.

Published: 28.jul.20149:51 p.m.