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Younes Abdullah Mohammed

Renu Begum, sister of teenage British girl Shamima Begum who left the UK to join ISIS, holds a photo of her sister as she makes an appeal for Shemima to return home

When an American flees to join ISIS, should they be allowed to come home?

Jesse Morton, a former jihadi recruiter who now runs the group “Parallel Networks” to rehabilitate other radicalized individuals says, “Foreign fighters with ISIS can sometimes be the most credible voices in deterring others.”

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