The propaganda arsenal of ISIL is now well-known: a sophisticated media campaign complete with Hollywood-style videos and a mastery of social networks, it has managed to attract many western recruits.
Mohamed Nidalha’s son was sent from Holland to Belgium to stay with his uncle but met with people who linked him with a militant recruitment network.
“Those people are professionals. They know exactly who their prey is. They pick on the easiest prey they can easily brainwash,” he said.
It is not just western European countries, the so-called Islamic State’s reach has also spread to Georgia. Tina Borchashvili’s son left for school one day and never came back.
“When you repeat every day to young, 16 or 18-year-olds that Jihad is the best and you will get into the paradise, that you will receive many things in return, these children think it is right.”
ISIL has been particularly efficient at recruiting westerners, in part, because they publish their material in European languages,
