Jihadi John radicalised after meeing al-Qaeda chief, report

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Mohammed Emwazi (left) and Mohsin al-Fadhli Photo: University of Westminster
Mohammed Emwazi (left) and Mohsin al-Fadhli Photo: University of Westminster

Mohammed Emwazi, the British jihadist unmasked as the bloodthirsty executioner “Jihadi John”, changed his faith and became more radical after meeting a one-time confidant of Osama bin Laden known for recruiting Western-based Islamists to carry attacks on their own countries, the Telegraph has learned.

Emwazi met Mohsin al-Fadhli, a native of Kuwait who later led al-Qaeda’s Khorasan network, in 2007, around the same time that he also encountered Khalid al-Dossary, a Saudi national now serving life in a US prison for attempted bomb-making, Kuwaiti security sources have said.

So profound were the effect of the two men’s ideas on Emwazi that he renounced his Shia faith and converted to the Sunni creed adhered to by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil).

That represented a drastic change from the religious beliefs Emwazi appeared to hold in his youth living in London. Associates recall him wearing a necklace with the symbol of a sword, strongly suggesting his loyalty to Shiism, another branch of Islam.

The revelation that Emwazi met al-Fadhli provides a new insight into his development as a ruthless killer. No details have been disclosed over where and how the meeting took place and it is unknown if the two remained in contact.

As a member of al-Qaeda, Al-Fadhli – who is thought to have been killed in a US strike in Syria last September – was once so close to Bin Laden, the group’s leader, that he is believed to have been one of a small select group to know about 9/11 terror attacks on New York and Washington in advance.

He was later identified by the Obama administration as al-Qaeda’s leader in Iran, which is nominally hostile to the Sunni group. His Khorasan network – an offshot of al-Qaeda’s al-Nusra front – has been described as a collective of al-Qaeda veterans who intercept westerners travelling to fight for radical groups in Syria and instead train them to carry out attacks in their countries of origin.

Al-Dossary was convicted by a court in Texas in 2011, at the age of 22, for attempting to build an improvised explosive device after spending four years in America as a business student.

Emwazi, who was born in Kuwait, is said to have been barred from re-entering the country by the Kuwaiti authorities because he worked in the UK as activist for its roughly 100,000-strong Beduin minority population, to which his family belonged before emigrating in the 1990s.

The Beduins are a stateless people – often said to originate from neighbouring Arab countries – who live in Kuwait without full citizenship or national rights.

Emwazi is said to have campaigned in Britain for the group in 2007 and 2008 along with Mohammed al-Awali, another Beduin activist who has articulated its cause in interviews with the BBC.

Kuwaiti sources have suggested the Emwazi family left the country because of fears of official reprisals after it collaborated with the Iraqi forces of Saddam Hussein who invaded Kuwait in 1990 but were later repulsed by a Western-led coalition.

The family is said to have originated from Iraq. The young Mohammed Emwazi left Kuwait with his family at the age of six under the name of Mohammed Mowazi al-Shemri, according Kuwaiti official sources.

The Telegrah

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21 responses to “Jihadi John radicalised after meeing al-Qaeda chief, report”

  1. Reasonableman Avatar
    Reasonableman

    We all know at some point in his life before leaving his home he was exposed yo somebody to actually get into isis. Talk about spotting the obvious.

    The hypothesis of what lead him to see the AQ chief is what’s important. It seems the details are arbitrary only to take focus off how poorly the government handled their power trips when questioning his allegiance

    1. Speaking of exposure, you should enjoy the exposing of 5th on the hijab link you posted yesterday. It was fun 🙂

      1. Reasonableman Avatar
        Reasonableman

        Atleast in his last comment to me he admitted that all minorities are picked on…
        He used that to justify the provocation of muslims.

        I would laugh if he wasn’t so serious.

        1. He says things like that to justify his hatred of a “certain sect”.

        2. 5thDrawer Avatar
          5thDrawer

          Well, you could laugh at a vision of people in long dresses (black or white), but wisely enough maybe also with boots and winter jackets over everything, and warm pants under, trying to trudge that material through snowdrifts and slush beside the salted roads. It’s been an economic boost for the Dry-Cleaners I’m sure – and people wear what they want to – OR not, on a hot summer day – within ‘the laws’.
          And what I said was ‘all minorities since the first boats landed’. It has nothing to do with being Muslim, any more than it did with Irish Catholics who liked to have street fights after pub, or the Doukhobors who took all their clothes off for the Mounties as a ‘protest’. And everyone has experienced it. It’s really that ‘Tribal’ thing, after all.
          Which is also why there was an ‘evolution’, over time, with some of those Laws TOO. For the sake of the WHOLE society which comes from 157 different Tribes – while NOT favouring ANY. It’s the ‘secular’ concept. One could admit some bits still don’t flow naturally. But WHERE do they completely yet?? One could also laugh at the metal-faces.
          YET, Everyone follows the ‘Law of the Land’. And a Judge ‘rules’ a court within those laws. YOU are the one who has trouble understanding that! ALL are ‘picked on’.

          And as for the ‘certain sect’ of undisciplined ‘Me-generation’ brats mentioned below, it’s not a ‘hatred’ … rather a recognition of a failing to be properly adjusted to ANY society.

          1. Me
            Me
            Me me me

          2. Reasonableman Avatar
            Reasonableman

            How other groups handle their trible problems has nothing to do with FREEDOM OF RELIGION. It is YOU who think you have the moral high ground for some strange reason.

            what happened in that courtroom was unprecedented and the judge in question has heard evidence from ladies in hijabs before. Yes the courts are secular but the parties are NOT.

            For somebody who cries freedom of religion, people have a CHOICE what the hell is it to you what people wear??

            For the record Hijab hijab hijab hijab hijab hijab hijab hijab hijab hijab hijab islam islam islam islam islam islam islam islam islam islam GET USED TO IT YOU JUDGEMENTAL MOFO!

          3. Don’t let Henry (that’s 5th’s real name) the pommy bastard (henry migrated to canada) get to you. Just like others on here, he is good only for mocking. Henry has the white man superiority complex. Plus Henry blames Sunnis for the miserable life the girl he’s in love with leads. Once you understand where Henry is coming from you will understand his bigotry.

          4. MekensehParty Avatar
            MekensehParty

            You speak of tolerance yet you say “La ilaha ila Allah”
            What’s the difference between you and the judge?

          5. What an absurd comparison.

          6. Reasonableman Avatar
            Reasonableman

            It’s all semantics. His upfront and personal approach didn’t work so he is meticulous with his words. He even took the time to use “quotation marks” to disguise his belief that people who say la ilaha il allah are some foreign creature.

          7. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            Well, I suppose they are to me … since they don’t even understand me.
            Who gives a shit if a judge has a ‘bad hair’ day? Just do what they say … save aggravation. If I wanted a favour from one, I’d kiss ass if I thought it would work. ;-))

          8. ” I’d kiss ass if I thought it would work”

            Trus me I KNOW.

          9. According to his absurd comparison, Christians, Muslims and Jews are no different to the judge simply for believing in one god.
            The guy has been check mated by me before, when he claimed all Arabs supported 9/11 and Isis.
            When I asked him for proof, his reply was “it’s staring me in the eyes”.
            I told him he should try using that “proof” in a thesis and see how far he gets.
            Now he is too scared to argue with me. That’s fine, I will still call him out on his BS.
            Anyway reasonable don’t let these idiots get to you, everything I’ve read from you has honestly been reasonable. You and doron are very much alike.

          10. Reasonableman Avatar
            Reasonableman

            I told you I wont answer your questions until you say sorry.

            Ill give you a hint though, read your wording and you will stumble across a difference, “you” & “judge”

          11. MekensehParty Avatar
            MekensehParty

            Here’s a middle finger for you and your dawaesh
            when you’ll have any respect for humans you will deserve a sorry, for now hunting season is open.

          12. Lol conspiracy theorist. You have been exposed sweetie

  2. “So profound were the effect of the two men’s ideas on Emwazi that he renounced his Shia faith and converted to the Sunni creed adhered to by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant”

    Interestingly he was a shite before he conveniently converted. Funny how these shite “converts” then go onto committing the most heinous of crimes. Just like that self declared sheik, mons whateverthefuckhislastnameis, from Iran, did in Sydney.

  3. Where did he meet this alqaeda chief? My money is on Tehran.

    1. Anti ISIS Avatar
      Anti ISIS

      My money is your mummy dear recruited him. She must have mentioned the Jihad El Nikah and how much fun her and the girls are having.

      1. Lol typical gutter language from a shite.

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