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In the Skin of a Jihadist

In the Skin of a Jihadist 1

Inside Islamic State's Recruitment Networks

by Anna Erelle
Paperback
Publication Date: 25/05/2015
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Twenty year-old "Mélodie", a recent convert to Islam, meets the leader of an ISIS brigade on Facebook. In 48 hours he has 'fallen in love' with her, calls her every hour, urges her to marry him, join him in Syria in a life of paradise - and join his jihad.

She discovers how ISIS entraps ordinary people, like teenage girls from Bethnal Green.

Anna Erelle is the undercover journalist behind "Mélodie". Created to investigate the powerful propaganda weapons of Islamic State, "Mélodie" is soon sucked in by Bilel, right-hand man of the infamous Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. An Iraqi for whose capture the US government has promised $10 million, al-Baghdadi is described by Time Magazine as the most dangerous man in the world and by himself as the caliph of Islamic State. Bilel shows off his jeep, his guns, his expensive watch. He boasts about the people he has just killed.

With Bilel impatient for his future wife, "Mélodie" embarks on her highly dangerous mission, which - at its ultimate stage - will go very wrong ... Enticed into this lethal online world like hundreds of other young people, including many young British girls and boys, Erelle's harrowing and gripping investigation helps us to understand the true face of terrorism.

ISBN:
9780008139568
9780008139568
Category:
True stories
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
25-05-2015
Language:
English
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Dimensions (mm):
209x137x19mm
Weight:
0.24kg

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In the Skin of a Jihadist by Anna Erelle (not her real name) is the true and disturbing account of a young French journalist who is befriended online by Biel, a wanted IS terrorist. Biel grooms Anna - who goes by the name of "Mélodie" online, a young Islam convert living in France, and begs her to join him in Syria to be his bride. Working undercover, Anna investigates how IS use digital propaganda to woo young and vulnerable Europeans to Syria to join IS and become brides to the men. Biel reveals disturbing information about IS attacks, and Anna quickly finds herself involved in too deep and promised to one of the most dangerous terrorists in the world. Enthralling, disturbing and an incredible account of a brave, young French journalist who risked her life to investigate how IS use social media to spread their propaganda in this digital age.

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