The impossibility of terrorist profiling | open Democracy News Analysis 
Source: http://www.opendemocracy.net/terrorism/article/racial_profiling_MI5_UK
A new report by MI5, the British domestic security service, challenges existing stereotypes about those involved in terrorism in the UK. The main findings of the classified "operational briefing note" have already been disclosed in the press.
The report, which apparently is based on several hundred case studies, reveals that British-based terrorists fit "no single demographic profile". Most of them are male, but women also play an important role. The majority are British nationals, not illegal immigrants. There is a high proportion of converts. Importantly, MI5 concludes that "assumptions cannot be made about suspects based on skin colour, ethnic heritage or nationality."
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