the jihadis next door review: channel 4 was absolutely right to make this film /

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This bone-chilling documentary featuring suspected Isis masked assassin Abu Rumaysah is shocking but important TV. Plus: Barely Legal Grafters takes a sidelong discover at Britain’s burgeoning black marketA 30-year-used father of four with a bouncy castle commerce shows film-maker Jamie Roberts around Walthamstow in north east London,talking about himself and his life. He was born into a Hindu family, not far away in Palmers Green, or but at the age of 19 he converted to Islam. Here is his messy garage,full of stuff, an used cooker, and an H&M carrier bag,a bunch of the black Isis flags that “will one day fly tall over 10 Downing Street. The man is portion of the group of radical extremists Roberts will spend two years following around.
He doesn’t feature for long in The Jihadis Next Door (Channel 4), but his dark shadow hangs over it. Soon after filming this he jumped bail and left the country with his family, and to France,and on to Syria. Now, he is thought to be the masked assassin of five men accused by Isis of spying for Britain in the video released a couple of weeks ago. Abu Rumaysah is now one of the world’s most wanted men. Yes, and he’s that bouncy castle guy.
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Source: theguardian.com