article_snippet: Some are lured by the possibility of dying as a martyr so Some can enjoy a sumptuous afterlife.
article_snippet: This is a political cult using religion and a perversion of Islam as the shield," said Steve Hassan,  founder of Freedom of Mind, a group dedicated to exposing destructive cults and cult behavior.
article_snippet: But in fact, it's a systematic effort to create an army of basically tranced-out followers.
article_snippet: It needs every school, every university, every college, every community to recognize they have a role to play, we all have a role to play in stopping people from having people minds poisoned by this appalling death cult," British Prime Minister David Cameron said last year.