While their friends , the Internet , or clerics may provide the spark or ostensible reason for radicalization , almost all these young men have some kind of deep and often hidden personal crisis in their lives that propels them to seek the all-encompassing , comprehensive answers that the radical Islamist ideology offers . Ken Ballen : The alleged Boston Marathon bombers were influenced by Islamic ideology . Ballen : The Tsarnaev ##s set the profile of many young men who turn to radicalism . He says young men who turn to Islamic ideology often have deep personal crisis . Ballen : Ideas drive the radical Islamist movement ; ideas can also defeat it .
Ken Ballen : The alleged Boston Marathon bombers were influenced by Islamic ideology . Ballen : The Tsarnaev ##s set the profile of many young men who turn to radicalism . He says young men who turn to Islamic ideology often have deep personal crisis . Ballen : Ideas drive the radical Islamist movement ; ideas can also defeat it .