Able Quote by Rukmini Maria Callimachi
“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 among the few I'm able to get through to, I think that being female makes me more approachable, soft, all the stereotypes of what female means.”
![“[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)
![“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…” quote by Rukmini Maria Callimachi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/32c/rukmini-maria-callimachi-34961_allowing_we-know-that-muhammad-waged-war-against_856700.jpg)
![“One of ISIS' biggest propaganda coups was the beheadings of the aid workers and journalists. Is [Emni], the group that is exporting fighters overseas, also the one that was holding James Foley and John Cantlie and Kayla Mueller?” quote by Rukmini Maria Callimachi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/be9/rukmini-maria-callimachi-34961_aids_one-of-isis-biggest-propaganda-coups-was_1700430.jpg)
![“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 of it. There are so few pictures of him. We don't even really know what he looks like. For somebody with this outsized influence projecting murder…” quote by Rukmini Maria Callimachi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e9f/rukmini-maria-callimachi-34961_als_i-m-really-curious-as-to-the-actual-stru_2021716.jpg)
