Covering Quote by Rukmini Maria Callimachi

[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

It seems to me that a 9/11-style attack is impractical.

— Rukmini Maria Callimachi

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…

— 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…

— Rukmini Maria Callimachi

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

You have to keep in mind that there's a number of logistical hurdles that they have to jump through in Europe in order to…

— Rukmini Maria Callimachi