My son the jihadi is a 2015 british documentary directed by peter beard. Release dates 2 also known as aka 2 release dates uk 22 october 2015. Waleed aly and carrie bickmore present my son the jihadi. Militants from the islamic state group appear to have released a video in which jihadi john makes threats to kill two japanese hostages. Youssef rakha is a novelist, poet, reporter, and photographer. The videos showed the beheadings of captives in 2014 and 2015. New jihadi john appears to kill five in islamic state. Video appears to show jihadi john unmasked for first time. The mother of an adorable little boy who grew up to become a merciless jihadist appeared on todays this morning to open up about grieving her murderous son, who was shot dead at.
Junaid hussain was killed in 2015 in a us drone attack after leaving an isis stronghold in raqqa without his 11yearold child as cover. French court sentences mother of jihadist for financing. This is my son the jihadi screener by big media on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. In 2011, sally evans made a devastating discovery her eldest son, thomas aged just 21, had left their home in a buckinghamshire village and travelled to. In 2011, sally evans made a devastating discovery her eldest son, thomas aged just 21, had left their home in a buckinghamshire village and travelled to somalia to join a deadly islamist terrorist group. The father of jihadi john is ashamed of his maniacal son describing him as a dog, an animal and a terrorist who he hoped would be killed after fleeing to syria, a coworker said.
The nicknames jihadi john, jailer john and john the beatle were created by journalists. Emwazi graduated from the university of westminster in london with a. I think the programme is as much about the mothers heartbreak, as the son. This film documents the struggle sally and her other son face as they try to reconcile the thomas they knew with abdul hakim, the islamist he has become. My son thomas became a jihadi jump to media player the mother and brother of a british man talk about how he changed from a happy and funny boy into a radicalised murderer.
Jihadists grievance narratives against france icct. Unlike jihadi john, the killer shows his face russias security service, the fsb, declined to comment. Mother tells how son became a jihadi in somalia bbc news. Mother opens up about son becoming a murderous jihadist on. Peter beards powerful documentary raises questions about identity, belonging and shared values. My son the jihadi 2015 1022 2015 gb documentary 47m user score. My son, the jihadi november 9th, 2015 1 comment ten screens uk documentary profiling sally evans and her son, the only white british man known to have been recruited to alshabaab. My son the jihadi channel 4 was a stunningly sad, detailed and dignified portrait of a devastated mother, and a masterful piece of television about british citizens being recruited to terrorist. If my son is in jihadi john beheading video, he should be. Channel 4my son the jihadi c4 was very much the territory of filmmaker brian woodsa few months at the least and 51 years and counting in the case of the seven up series. Channel 4 documentary about british mother, sally evans, whose son, thomas, had been recruited and joined islamist terrorist organisation, al shabaab, in somalia. My son the jihadi 2015 is available on netflix united states. It doesnt make for easy viewing but its an extraordinary piece of television an ugly story, beautifully told. The most harrowing thing about my son the jihadi thursday c4 9pm is how resolutely unharrowing the tone.
Filmed over a ninemonth period by renowned documentary maker peter beard, my son the jihadi showed the daily struggle sally and her youngest son michael faced, as thomas transformed from a loving, mildmannered normal teenage lad into abdul hakim, a murderous, jihadipreaching terrorist. This powerful film documents the daily struggle sally and her youngest son micheal face, as they try to reconcile the thomas they knew a loving mildmannered normal teenage lad with abdul hakim, the jihadi preaching islamist he has become. I cannot believe that i am being associated with financing terrorism. My son the jihadi 2015 sally found her son, aged 21, had left their home and gone to somalia to join al shabaab. They seem like an ordernary family, so how did tom get caught up in it missed the first bit. The african women trafficked to india for sex bbc africa eye documentary duration. Why channel 4 insists on giving its public service programmes such trashy titles defeats me, but, anyway, this was the. Sally evans with a picture of her son thomas, who was killed in kenya fighting for alshabaab. Richard kerbaj is the sunday times security correspondent and producer of my son the jihadi which will be broadcast on channel 4 on october 22 at 9pm. Documentary my son the jihadi reveals torment of wooburn. Jihadi john simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The paris attack on november 2015 killed, the brussels bombing in. Coming less than two months after jihadi johns apparent demise and weeks after brutal islamic state inspired attacks that killed people in. How one familys experience with extremism is not extreme.
There was no immediate comment from russias foreign ministry. As early as january 2015, isis released a video featuring french fighters. The masked militant first appears in the gruesome video that shows foley being killed. If my son is in jihadi john beheading video, he should be executed, says father the father of a medical student turned jihadist from cardiff fears his son appears in the islamic states latest. In 2011, sally evans made a devastating discovery her eldest son, thomas aged just 21, had left their home in a buckinghamshire village and travelled to so.
My son the jihadi 2015 10222015 gb documentary 47m user score. Parisfrench security forces detained five people tuesday. Advertisement my son the jihadi airs on channel 4 tonight at 9pm. Laura lean, afp in this file photo taken on february 22, 2015 renu begum. Jihadi john is really mohammed emwazi, born in kuwait in 1988 and raised in london. London the knifewielding masked isis militant seen in a number of beheading videos and dubbed jihadi john has been named as mohammed emwazi, a london man. The unmasked face of isis savage jihadi john was revealed for the first time in a video clip that emerged sunday in which the murderer vows to return to britain to carry on cutting heads. Bilal hadfi in the 2014 execution with jihadi john left and in last nights video right all three were in the video, which was released at the same time as jihadi john. Mohammed emwazi born muhammad jassim abdulkarim olayan aldhafiri, 17 august 1988 12 november 2015 was a kuwaitiborn british arab terrorist. He is the author of seven books in arabic, some of which have been translated into german, polish, slovak, and italian. The mother of a francoalgerian jihadist who is believed to have died in syria was. I usually avoid any programmes about terrorists etc depressing, but this is heart wrenching. A look at jihadi john sightings in isil videos usa today.
Channel 4 documentary about british mother, sally evans, whose son, thomas, had. Teen arrested in france for alleged links to isis jihadi. The islamic state fighter known as jihadi john for his beheadings of western hostages is named as london computer programmer mohammed emwazi. French authorities say the teen was arrested for alleged links to a jihadi who claimed responsibility for the bastille day truck attack in nice. My son the jihadi was a powerful reallife story of confused identities. Im relieved jihadi sons dead hell burn in hell the sun. He was thought to be the person seen in several videos produced by the islamic extremist group isil. Evans, who told his family in 20 he had married a yearold somali girl, is thought to be one of at least 15 alshabaab militants killed when the jihadi launched a dawn raid on a military base. Also known as aka original title my son the jihadi. Isis militant jihadi john from beheading videos identified. Mother of briton killed fighting for alshabaab felt let. But somewhere along the line, something went horribly wrong.