The Australian reports that young Western-born Muslims recruited in universities, mosques and on the internet are increasingly being led to jihad by terrorist networks, which train them in Islamic countries to support and conduct attacks on their homelands. The rise of brainwashed sleeper agents trained in covert fundraising, counter-intelligence and the use of explosives, is the “biggest threat to humanity in modern times,” says Boaz Ganor, founder of the Israeli-based Institute of Counter-Terrorism. Ganor told a conference hosted by the institute that terror organizations employ psychological strategies to win over “specific” young Muslims (those not well integrated into Western society) through either indirect recruitment (notably the internet) and direct ones (such as prayer halls).