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The key point that Four Lions makes is that the terrorists are not the highly devoted, strict followers of Islam that they claim to be. They are bored, directionless clowns and the devout want nothing to do with them. This is highlighted in the ringleader Omar's relationship with his brother - Omar and his wife tease and mock his brother for his strict adherence to Islamic customs. The devout brother tries to persuade Omar to abandon his terrorist plans, but is later targeted by the security services because they too assume that it's the strict, devout muslims that are behind it all.

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Not the key point, I would say, but an important point.

It returns to OP's missing that the movie may have «any particular political agenda»:

there is a political point, which is "outcasts in search of an identity conflictually with their environment may have a political agenda, which causes a political problem". Disregarding such problem implies potential tragedy.

Edit (wrote in a rush): hence, that if there is a risk, quite worth of assessment, you'd better see things flatly, for what they are.

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A sort of "favorite" of mine is this speech by an anthropologist about muslim extremists.. indeed you can apply it to white supremacist terrorists too, they join up to the cause for a feeling of belonging and purpose: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlbirlSA-dc