Terrorism

Current Event:
A Nigerian Terrorist tried to blow up a plane on December 26, 2009 over Detroit. The suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is 23 years old, and he is a student in University College of London. Abdutallab suffered third degree burning. He also revealed that he had explosive powder taped to his leg and confessed that he tried to use a chemical filled syringe to ignite the powder. However the passengers said that the incident only lasted several minutes. The passenger who helped restrain the terrorist was taken to the University of Michigan Medical Center. His degree of injuries were not revealed by medical staff. Umar Farouk Abdutallab, the terrorist, was taken to the same medical center.
When the authorities tried to understand how the terrorist was capable to board the plane with explosives, the RN-Y told them that it was a fairly sophiscated device, and if it had worked it could have brought the plane down.
Opinion:
I don't understand how could a Nigerian do this, while the Niger is known as a pacific country. And I don't understand how a young scholar got indoctrinated by politicians and that talk about islam. Although the religion of Islam prohibits the violence, and the terrorism. The significance of Islam is Peace.