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Rescued from ISIS : the gripping true story of how a father saved his son
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Rescued from ISIS : the gripping true story of how a father saved his son
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Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
278 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, photographs ; 22 cm.
Summary:
"Dimitri Bontinck lived every parent's worst nightmare. His teenage son, introduced to Islam by his girlfriend, fell into the clutches of a radical mosque. Dimitri watched helplessly as his son, Jay, transformed from a gentle boy to a soldier in training, wearing traditional robes and following a strict diet. Completely brainwashed, Jay snuck out of the house and traveled to Syria, all but vanishing. Too late, Dimitri learned that their country, Belgium, was the leading hotbed of Islamic radicalization. Large numbers of teenagers were being lured into this world and expertly indoctrinated into radical Islam. One by one, they disappeared into the Middle East, most never to be seen again. With no one to help him, Dimitri--a white Christian-raised atheist--set off on his own to save his son. Using only his military training, a lot of courage, and a little luck, he gradually embedded himself deeper and deeper into the Middle East. After months of searching and several close calls--including being thrown in a jail cell and threatened with death--he was able to find his son and bring him home. The world was shocked at his unprecedented success, and he started receiving pleas from families around the world, asking that he rescue their children, as well. Increasingly fearful for his own life but unable to ignore these cries for help, Dimitri accepted his newfound role as the 'Jihadi Hunter.' Rescued from ISIS is the inspiring and terrifying tale of one man's journey to the Middle East to save his child from radical Islam, and its surprising worldwide repercussions."--Jacket.
Publication Info:
New York : Saint Martin's Press, 2017.

©2017.
Subject:
Terrorists -- Recruiting -- Belgium.
Radicalism -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Islamic fundamentalism -- Syria.
Syria -- History -- Civil War, 2011- -- Personal narratives, Belgian.
Bontinck, Dimitri, 1973-
Bontinck, Jejoen , 1995-
IS (Organization)
ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant)
ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria)
Daech
Daeş
Daesh
Daʻiş
Dāʻish
Daisy
Dâʼisy al-ʻIrāq wa-asy-Syâm
Daulah Islamiyah Iraq dan Syam
Dawlah al-Islāmīyah
Dawlah al-Islāmiyah fi al-'Irāq wa-al-Shām
ES
Estado Islâmico
Estado Islâmico do Iraque
Estado Islâmico do Iraque e da Síria
Estado Islâmico do Iraque e Síria
IGIL
IŞİD
Islamic State
Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Islamskoe gosudarstvo Iraka i Levanta
ИГИЛ
Исламское государство Ирака и Леванта
داعش
دولة الإسلامية
دولة الإسلامية في العراق والشام
דאעש
État islamique
Fundamentalism, Islamic
Islamism
SAILS ISBN:
9781250147585