Jesse Morton: The Jihadi Who Changed His Mind
Jesse Morton was once a radical jihadi involved in the American offshoot of the banned British extremist group Al-Muhajiroun.
Al-Muhajiroun's leader, Anjem Choudary, was convicted of inviting others to support the so-called Islamic State, and is awaiting sentencing. And Morton himself crossed the line and was sentenced to 11 1/2 years in prison for making violent threats in America. But while he was locked up, Morton underwent a profound transformation and is now speaking out against Islamic extremism.
Morton, who is now free and working at a think tank at George Washington University, talks…
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