Apparently it wasn't exactly like the brochure described.| Ignominious defeat was not in the plan for the noblest Lions of Islam of all in their version of a peaceful hippy commune. |
"All I knew about Isis was that they were establishing Islamic law and fighting Bashar al-Assad," he says, cutting a solemn figure under the watchful eye of his captors at a military installation in northern Syria. "I came to practise my religion. I thought I would find what I wanted here, but actually it was very different."
"At the beginning, when they announced their caliphate, thousands of Muslims came to Syria to support it. But now we know the reality of Isis. They will not find any supporters anymore in the Muslim world. All these things Isis did, and all these crimes, made Muslims all over the world hate Isis. So it will never be able to find any supporters anymore," he says.
"I only joined for the chicks"
"I got cheated. All of us got cheated. All of these foreigners, thousands of Muslims who came to join Isis got cheated."
Cue violins...
| Truly. As the article continues: |
“The main work was manning checkpoints in the streets. I would stop cars and look out for cigarettes and drugs,” he says. “I never pointed my gun at another human,” he insists.
“They all say the same thing,” a Kurdish intelligence official responsible for handling suspected Isis members tells The Independent. “We don’t believe them.”