Montasser AlDe'emeh
Montasser AlDe'emeh | |||
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| Born | April 8, 1989 Mandatory Palestine | ||
| Nationality | Jordanians | ||
| Citizenship | Jordan | ||
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Montasser AlDe'emeh (Arabic: منتصر يوسف علي الدعمة) (Jordan, April 8, 1989) is a Belgian-Palestinian academic[1] and islamologist[2].
Biography
Montasser’s parents were both born in Mandatory Palestine. In 1948, his family fled from Sabbarin, a village in the subdistrict of Haifa that was ethnically cleansed. The family ended up in the Nur Shams camp, in the northern part of the West Bank. During the Six-Day War in 1967, his family fled to Jordan. In 1991, Two-year-old Montasser, arrived in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean.[3]
Doctoral research
At the KU Leuven he is researching Foreign Terrorist Fighters (FTFs) in Syria.[4] During his doctoral study, he went to Syria to interview fighters from the Al-Nusra Front.[5] AlDe’emeh tries to help young people turn away from radical ideology.[6] In 2019, he visited the Gweran Prison in Al-Hasakah, where he interviewed Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant prisoners.[7] AlDe’emeh believes there are two profiles of jihadists: the naive idealists and the more violent extremists prepared to strike in their homeland.[8]
Death threats
Montasser’s work has landed him on a ISIS hit list.[3]
References
- ↑ "Needless interrogation of a Belgian academic is just what Isis wants". The Independent. December 7, 2015.
- ↑ "Islamologist Montasser AlDe'emeh in A La Carte: 'Why don't we talk to the parents?'". www.bruzz.be.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Meet the man on an Isis hitlist for trying to stop Islamist terrorism". inews.co.uk. October 5, 2018.
- ↑ Birnbaum, Michael (January 17, 2015). "Why is tiny Belgium Europe's jihad-recruiting hub?" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
- ↑ SPIEGEL, Gregor Peter Schmitz, Katrin Kuntz, DER. "Belgium Muslim Youth Turning Toward Jihad in Large Numbers". www.spiegel.de.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Verbergt, Natalia Drozdiak and Matthias (April 4, 2016). "Belgians Try to Reach Radicals in Muslim Communities" – via www.wsj.com.
- ↑ "" Sire, ayez pitié de nous… " : Rencontre avec des djihadistes belges détenus à Hassaké". parismatch.be. February 25, 2020.
- ↑ Burke, Jason (March 22, 2016). "Why did the bombers target Belgium?" – via www.theguardian.com.
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