I always knew that it wasn't poverty, but ideology that led to religious extremism. As you've shown in other threads SB many of these murderers come from a privileged upbringing. But now something different is starting to seep in besides religion to the mixture of sickness. It seems every disaffected sociopath who feels powerless is a target for recruitment. I still remember the messed up kid who killed 6 students with a rifle and his car last May because he couldn't get women to notice him. It's not just religious nuts but also these kids in their late teens and 20s who feel they have no control of their own lives who are joining up to feel a sense of power. Instead of going to a therapist they hit up the nearest radical iman.
[h=1]Dad who rescued jihadist son is on a new mission[/h] By Sophia Rosenbaum and Danika Fears
August 22, 2014 | 1:57am
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Dimitri Bontinck saved his son from the grip of the Islamic State after the son had run off to become a jihadist. Photo: Getty Images
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A tough-as-nails Belgian man who rescued his jihadist son from the Islamic State’s grip — then helped other dads do the same — told The Post on Thursday that is he is back in Syria for another rescue effort.
Dimitri Bontinck began his mission to retrieve the militant groups’ foreign jihadists after his 18-year-old son, Jejoen, became radicalized and fled to Syria, where he got caught up in the struggle to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad.
“It is difficult just to watch and do nothing,” the dad told The Post.
The former soldier said his son’s love for a Moroccan girl led him to convert to Islam at age 15. About nine months later, Jejoen joined a radical Muslim organization in Antwerp and his religious fervor grew.
Bontinck let his son move to Cairo last year to study Islam but worried when Jejoen didn’t call on his sister’s birthday, CNN reported.
The dad looked online and was startled to find pictures of Jejoen living in Syria with Antwerp pals.
Intent on bringing his son back, Bontinck traveled to the war-torn country in 2013.
He says he was captured and beaten by members of Jabhat al-Nusra, a branch of al Qaeda, but that they freed him and led him to his son, who was living with militants.
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Dimitri Bontinck (right) in Syria
Police charged Jejoen with participating in a terrorist organization when he arrived back in Belgium, but Jejoen said he was there only to deliver medical supplies to the group, according to CNN.
Jejoen, who is among the 5,000 to 6,000 Europeans who went to fight on behalf of the Islamic State, has been living with his dad in Antwerp, watched closely by Belgian authorities.
His trial will begin at the end of September.
Bontinck’s rescue missions in the Middle East didn’t end with his son’s arrival home.
The dad returned to Syria with three other fathers looking for their sons — and got their kids out of extremists’ hands, too.
He’s currently on a “mission” in Syria to reunite another family with their child.
“I risk my own life to try to make a better world,” he told The Post, adding parents from all over the globe have asked for his help.
Bontinck said he was crushed to hear about journalist James Wright Foley’s execution by terrorists and said he was in touch with the man’s mom, Diane, over the last year.
Asked whether he ever volunteered to save Foley from the Islamic State militants, he replied only, “It’s so secret we can’t talk about it.”
August 22, 2014 | 1:57am
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Dimitri Bontinck saved his son from the grip of the Islamic State after the son had run off to become a jihadist. Photo: Getty Images
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A tough-as-nails Belgian man who rescued his jihadist son from the Islamic State’s grip — then helped other dads do the same — told The Post on Thursday that is he is back in Syria for another rescue effort.
Dimitri Bontinck began his mission to retrieve the militant groups’ foreign jihadists after his 18-year-old son, Jejoen, became radicalized and fled to Syria, where he got caught up in the struggle to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad.
“It is difficult just to watch and do nothing,” the dad told The Post.
The former soldier said his son’s love for a Moroccan girl led him to convert to Islam at age 15. About nine months later, Jejoen joined a radical Muslim organization in Antwerp and his religious fervor grew.
Bontinck let his son move to Cairo last year to study Islam but worried when Jejoen didn’t call on his sister’s birthday, CNN reported.
The dad looked online and was startled to find pictures of Jejoen living in Syria with Antwerp pals.
Intent on bringing his son back, Bontinck traveled to the war-torn country in 2013.
He says he was captured and beaten by members of Jabhat al-Nusra, a branch of al Qaeda, but that they freed him and led him to his son, who was living with militants.
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Police charged Jejoen with participating in a terrorist organization when he arrived back in Belgium, but Jejoen said he was there only to deliver medical supplies to the group, according to CNN.
Jejoen, who is among the 5,000 to 6,000 Europeans who went to fight on behalf of the Islamic State, has been living with his dad in Antwerp, watched closely by Belgian authorities.
His trial will begin at the end of September.
Bontinck’s rescue missions in the Middle East didn’t end with his son’s arrival home.
The dad returned to Syria with three other fathers looking for their sons — and got their kids out of extremists’ hands, too.
He’s currently on a “mission” in Syria to reunite another family with their child.
“I risk my own life to try to make a better world,” he told The Post, adding parents from all over the globe have asked for his help.
Bontinck said he was crushed to hear about journalist James Wright Foley’s execution by terrorists and said he was in touch with the man’s mom, Diane, over the last year.
Asked whether he ever volunteered to save Foley from the Islamic State militants, he replied only, “It’s so secret we can’t talk about it.”
Breezing through Gatwick, the five smiling Britons boarding a Thomas Cook flight to join the Islamic State jihad in Syria
Arriving at Gatwick laden with luggage, they look like any other tourists setting off on a fortnight’s holiday to Turkey.
In reality, the smiling Britons captured on CCTV were heading to Syria to fight their so-called ‘holy war’.
Muhammad Hamidur Rahman, 25, Mashadur Choudhury, 31, Assad Uzzaman, 25, Mehdi Hassan, 19, and Mamunur Roshid had booked cheap tickets on a Thomas Cook flight to the Turkish resort of Antalya on October 8.
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Chilling: CCTV footage has emerged which reportedly shows five British jihadis walking through Gatwick Airport on their way to Syria. Second left is Mashadur Choudhury, far right is Muhammad Hamidur Rahman
Calling themselves the Britani Brigade Bangladeshi Bad Boys, the fanatics, all from Portsmouth
Former Primark worker Muhammad Rahman was killed while fighting.
Mashadur Choudhury, 31 returned weeks later and became the first Briton to be convicted over the current conflict in Syria.
Choudhury, a one-time council official turned swindler who enjoyed using £200-a-night prostitutes, is languishing in a British jail.
He failed the selection process to join Isis and was thrown out of its training camp in disgrace.
On his return, he was arrested and became the first Briton to be found guilty of travelling to Syria to fight in the civil war.
- Brits booked cheap tickets to Turkish resort of Antalya on October 8
- They called themselves the Britani Brigade Bangladeshi Bad Boys
- Ease at way they made their way to Syria has caused alarm in the West
Arriving at Gatwick laden with luggage, they look like any other tourists setting off on a fortnight’s holiday to Turkey.
In reality, the smiling Britons captured on CCTV were heading to Syria to fight their so-called ‘holy war’.
Muhammad Hamidur Rahman, 25, Mashadur Choudhury, 31, Assad Uzzaman, 25, Mehdi Hassan, 19, and Mamunur Roshid had booked cheap tickets on a Thomas Cook flight to the Turkish resort of Antalya on October 8.
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Chilling: CCTV footage has emerged which reportedly shows five British jihadis walking through Gatwick Airport on their way to Syria. Second left is Mashadur Choudhury, far right is Muhammad Hamidur Rahman
Calling themselves the Britani Brigade Bangladeshi Bad Boys, the fanatics, all from Portsmouth
Former Primark worker Muhammad Rahman was killed while fighting.
Choudhury, a one-time council official turned swindler who enjoyed using £200-a-night prostitutes, is languishing in a British jail.
He failed the selection process to join Isis and was thrown out of its training camp in disgrace.
On his return, he was arrested and became the first Briton to be found guilty of travelling to Syria to fight in the civil war.
