Simon Cottee
The Beauty Queen Who Became an ISIS Bride
An extract from Simon Cottee's new book, ‘Black Flags of the Caribbean: How Trinidad Became an ISIS Hotspot’.
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Is Back - Minus the Bling and Bluster
What the ISIS leader's first video in five years really tells us.
The 'ISIS Matchmaker' Wants to Return to the UK
Tooba Gondal, a notorious British female ISIS recruiter and propagandist, is alive in a camp in Syria—and wants to return to Britain with her two young children.
ISIS and the Fish and Chip-Loving Jihadists
When captured British jihadists are asked what they miss most about home, they usually have the same answer.
Inside Europol's Online War Against ISIS
At the EU's law enforcement agency, a team of 30 spend their days trawling through gruesome videos, in a bid to have extremist propaganda taken offline.
Why Jihadists Want to Kill
"We must understand that it's a death wish that attracts would-be jihadists toward the ideology of jihadism, not the other way around."
Why ISIS Are Using So Many Children in Their Propaganda Videos
Earlier this month the so-called Islamic State released a video of a three-year-old boy shooting a defenceless man to death.
How a British University Student Became an ISIS Matchmaker
The story of Tooba Gondal's transformation into Umm Muthanna al-Britannia, in her own words.
What It Feels Like to Lose Your Kids to ISIS
In Trinidad, I met the father of two children who were abducted and taken to Syria.
Sådan rekrutterer Islamisk Stat unge, vestlige kvinder på nettet
Umm Muthanna forlod sit vestlige liv i Storbritannien og sluttede sig til Islamisk Stat. Nu spreder hun propaganda og rekrutterer over nettet.
Tracking the Online Life of a Female ISIS Recruiter from the UK
Umm Muthanna al-Britannia has documented her defection to the "Islamic State" on social media. From ISIS controlled territory in Syria, she recently tweeted, "I came here to die. I will not leave till I get what I came here for..."
Why the UK Government's Anti-Terror Proposals Are Dangerously Shortsighted
Banning contemptible viewpoints isn't going to stop anyone from having them. In fact, it may provoke a further hardening of those beliefs, and perhaps even a violent reassertion of them by their adherents.