French Minister of Defense, Florence Parly, told Europe 1 radio last week, `If the [French] jihadis perish in this fight, I would say that´s for the best.` AP reported in The New York Post of 21 October 2017, that during ISIS heydays, it is estimated that about 30,000 citizens from around the world traveled to the Middle East, mostly Syria and Iraq, to join ISIS/Daesh as jihadi fighters. This included an estimated 6,000 Europeans, mostly from France, Germany and Britain, many with immigrant backgrounds. A study found that less than 10% converted to Islam. After ISIS´ defeat in Syria´s northern city of Raqqa, the former ISIS stronghold and artificial capital of the Islamic State´s Caliphate,...
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