Recruiting through rhyme

331 views · Published 6 September 2017 · 10:52 · Indexed 31 October 2026

Channel: The Newsmakers · 2017 · People & Blogs

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Poetry is often overlooked as a key recruiting tool for terror groups like Daesh and Al Qaeda. We speak with Elisabeth Kendall who’s arguably the world's foremost expert on ‘jihadist poetry’. She tells us it provides a glimpse into the mentality of terrorists, and can help explain why their ideology flourishes.

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