FTA: "The simple explanation is that engineering happens to be an especially popular field of study in the countries that produce violent radicals. But Gambetta

FTA: "The simple explanation is that engineering happens to be an especially popular field of study in the countries that produce violent radicals. But Gambetta and Hertog corrected for national enrollment numbers in engineering programs and got similar results. Even among Islamic terrorists born or raised in the West, nearly 60 percent had engineering backgrounds."