Rescued from Isis by Dimitri Bontinck
Dimitri Bontinck lived every parent's worst nightmare. His teenage son, introduced to Islam by his girlfriend, fell into the clutches of a radical mosque. Dimitri watched helplessly as his son, Jay, transformed from a gentle boy to a soldier in training, wearing traditional robes and following a strict diet. Completely brainwashed, Jay snuck out of the house and traveled to Syria, all but vanishing. Too late, Dimitri learned that their country, Belgium, was the leading hotbed of Islamic radicalization. Large numbers of teenagers were being lured into this world and expertly indoctrinated into radical Islam. One by one, they disappeared into the Middle East, most never to be seen again.With no one to help him, Dimitri--a white, Christian-raised atheist--set off on his own to save his son. Using only his military training, a lot of courage, and a little luck, he gradually embedded himself deeper and deeper into the Middle East. After months of searching and several close calls--including being thrown in a jail cell and beaten--he was able to find his son and bring him home. The world was shocked at his unprecedented success, and he started receiving pleas from families around the world, asking that he rescue their children, as well. Increasingly fearful for his own life but unable to ignore these cries for help, Dimitri accepted his newfound role as The Jihadi Hunter. Rescued from ISIS is the inspiring and terrifying tale of one man's journey to the Middle East to save his child from radical Islam, and its surprising worldwide repercussions.
MrBontinck is the rare type of individual who understands that simply hoping for evil and injustice in the world to politely go away is a fatuous mindset at best and a life threatening one at worst. Listen closely to what he is saying. Ignore him at your own risk. --Douglas Laux, former CIA operations officer and New York Times bestselling author of Left of BoomEqually thrilling and alarming, Rescued from ISIS is a true story that reads like Not Without My Daughter meets Taken. Dimitri Bontinck is incredibly courageous and the story of how he traveled to Syria to save his son from Muslim extremists resonates long after I turned the final page. Buy this book! --Bruce Porter, New York Times bestselling author of Blow and Snatched
DIMITRI BONTINCK is a former soldier for the Belgian army, UN peacekeeper in Slovenia, and security officer who in 2013 discovered that his teenaged son had traveled to Syria to join the group that later became ISIS. Bontinck traveled to Syria and, after several dangerous encounters with ISIS jihadis, rescued his son from the terrorist group. Since then, he's traveled numerous times to the region to save other young men and has become an expert on resistance to violent Islamic radicalism.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781250147585 |
| ISBN 10 | 1250147581 |
| Title | Rescued from Isis |
| Author | Dimitri Bontinck |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | St Martin's Press |
| Year published | 2017-09-04 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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