Jihadi John : The Making of a Terrorist (Paperback)

from ryven

THE SUBJECT: Dubbed "Jihadi John," Mohammed Emwazi from west London rose to become the face of terror. His path of radicalization from IT student to IS executioner is recounted by British journalist Robert Verkaik. THE SCRIBE: A freelance journalist specializing in security issues, Robert Verkaik...

from iowabooker

This is account is dark and true to the bone that readers will have to think of how to digest this story. The signs and details grapple with a persons conscience of those who appear normal americanized life on the outside but question truly whats happening within.

from WCHagen

Verkaik, a journalist, traces the personal history of Mohammed Emwazi, better known as Jihadi John the Islamic State terrorist shown in the public beheading of captives in ISIL propaganda videos. The book was originally published in England and is written from a British perspective making it nece...

from baroquem

Verkaik's special hook in "Jihadi John" is that he once interviewed a young Mohammed Emwazi before Emwazi became the poster boy for ISIS. That interview doesn't amount to much, though; Verkaik himself forgot all about it until much later. While the sad story of Emwazi is interesting to follow, th...

from BrannonSG

I had hoped this book would document how Islamic messaging, influences and circumstances led Mohammed Emwazi from Muslim youth to the battlefield where he became known as the throat slitting, blood-thirsty, English speaking Islamist sought by the Western world. Unfortunately, the author comes acr...