Jihadis Watch Porn Because They Can't Pull Women, Says Boris Johnson

"They are literally wankers," he said.

Jihadis are "literally wankers" who have resorted to porn after failing to have a successful relationship, mayor of London Boris Johnson said.

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“They are tortured," he said. "They will be very badly adjusted in their relations with women, and that is a symptom of their feeling of being failures and that the world is against them."

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Johnson made the remarks in an interview with The Sun and was referring to a MI5 study of extremists.

The report, read by the mayor, profiles jihadis and determines that they are avid viewers of porn.

“They are not making it with girls, and so they turn to other forms of spiritual comfort — which of course is no comfort,” he added.

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Johnson's words were reminiscent of an appearance on The Late Late Show With David Letterman, when he spoke about Jihadi John, a British jihadi that security services believe is fighting for ISIS.

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In the Sun interview, Johnson also attacked Muslim faith leaders in Britain for not doing enough to tackle extremism.

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Johnson said imams and mosques should create "an alternative narrative" that would make extremism seem "irrelevant".

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He also agreed with culture secretary Sajid Javid, who said Muslims have a "special burden" to decry terrorist acts.