Which of the following al Qaeda membership profiles is INCORRECT as identified by Marc Sageman's 2004 study?

a. Members were almost exclusively male and were radicalized in the West
b. Most members came from the lower class families
c. They had no history of violence
d. Few members had arrest records


b

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What will be an ideal response?

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