Are there any commonalities between the recruitment by radical Islamic groups and recruitment by QAnon and Right-wing groups?
It is common knowledge that the internment and detention of thousands of Iraqis following the invasion led to the eventual formation of the group we call Islamic State. We understand why the insurgents in Iraq, and Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan fought NATO/ISAF forces for over 20 years. But how did IS recruit so many people to fight for this putrid, diabolical cause? Well, the recruitment principals that led to people flying from all over the world to join ISIS aren’t so different to the recruitment methods used by far-right extremist groups and conspiracy theory groups like QAnon to recruit people for their own causes. This article will explain why. There are a remarkable number of parallels that can be drawn between recruitment methods of IS and of QAnon and other groups. Not necessarily with the same ideology, but with the same principals of playing on peoples anger and grievances. Islamic States recruitment methods revolved around making its potential follower...