[Inquisiter] Tim Locks was once an imposing sight for British drunks, a beast of a man who served as a bouncer for Cheekies nightclub in Surrey who tossed out patrons when they got too unruly.
But now the 38-year-old has decided to take on a much bigger fight, selling his belongings and moving to Iraq to join the fight against ISIS. Locks, who also runs his own construction business, said he was moved when he learned about the plight of the Yazidi people, a small religious group pinned down by ISIS over the summer.
The group was trapped on Mount Sinjar, stuck without adequate food or supplies and subject to attacks meant at wiping them out. ISIS slaughtered scores of civilians and kidnapped women and girls to force them into sex slavery.
Tim Locks, sitting in his beautiful home, knew he had to do something to help.
"Last summer I was at home, watching the news and I saw pictures of Mount Sinjar," he told the Daily Mail. "I just thought I have a great life, job, beautiful house and I thought it is time to help someone else."
Locks said he's not a religious man himself, but he was able to connect with a Christian militia called Dhekh Nawsha, which in Assyrian means "self sacrificers."
He'll discover 'religion' soon enough. Hat tip to him.