First, I would say, is ideology. I have never spoken to any member of these groups, not just ISIS, but also Al Qaeda, Shabab, etc., who wasn't driven by the ideology. Beyond that, a lot of people are wounded in… — Rukmini Maria Callimachi Copy Share Image
[People who have left the ISIS] say that there comes a moment when the inconsistencies and apparent hypocrisies of their sheikh lets them down,… — Rukmini Maria Callimachi Copy Share Image
We know that Muhammad waged war against the Qurayshi tribe, his own tribe, and it's from that conflict that much of the concept of jihad and verses that ISIS now uses to justify beheadings come from. A young man just told me that he went back and read this carefully [and saw] the prophet and his people were fighting the… — Rukmini Maria Callimachi Copy Share
I've had countless jihadis shut me down straightaway and say, "I'm not allowed to speak to any woman who is not my relative." But… — Rukmini Maria Callimachi Copy Share Image
They're implementing what was the strategy of Al Qaeda, which was to have attacks of different levels simultaneously. ... So the idea is, on… — Rukmini Maria Callimachi Copy Share Image
One of ISIS' biggest propaganda coups was the beheadings of the aid workers and journalists. Is [Emni], the group that is exporting fighters overseas,… — Rukmini Maria Callimachi Copy Share Image
People who have left the group talk about how a religious inspiration took them to ISIS. It was their feeling of being marginalized as… — Rukmini Maria Callimachi Copy Share Image
First, I would say, is ideology. I have never spoken to any member of these groups, not just ISIS, but also Al Qaeda, Shabab,… — Rukmini Maria Callimachi Copy Share Image
The systemic failure in the media in covering ISIS is that the majority of reporters are doing it in a semaphore fashion. — Rukmini Maria Callimachi Copy Share Image
I'm really curious as to the actual structure of the Emni [the intelligence unit that handles foreign attacks]. And Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, the head… — Rukmini Maria Callimachi Copy Share Image
If we cover a court case involving a murderer, we would still seek out the side of that murderer, even as we realize that… — Rukmini Maria Callimachi Copy Share Image
It's become extremely difficult to speak to active ISIS members now. I was speaking to them in 2015, and the last one was killed… — Rukmini Maria Callimachi Copy Share Image
![“[People who have left the ISIS] say that there comes a moment when the inconsistencies and apparent hypocrisies of their sheikh lets them down, and they begin rereading scripture and find ways that vouch for a nonliteralist reading of the Koran.” quote by Rukmini Maria Callimachi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/38e/rukmini-maria-callimachi-34961_down-and_people-who-have-left-the-isis-say-that-t_271551.jpg)
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