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“People who have left the group talk about how a religious inspiration took them to ISIS. It was their feeling of being marginalized as Muslims in the society where they were living, and then buying into the promise of a caliphate and of a Muslim land that is governed as in the time of the prophet. I have yet to meet anybody, or speak to anybody, who was not religiously motivated at some level.”

Quote by Rukmini Maria Callimachi

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Rukmini Maria Callimachi

Rukmini Maria Callimachi is a seasoned journalist, born on June 25, 1973. She is renowned for her exceptional contributions to investigative journalism, particularly in exposing the activities of terrorist and extremist organizations. Callimachi has worked at several prominent media outlets, including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, and her reporting has won numerous international awards. more

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