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Appeal of ISIS Fades among Europeans Who Returned Home from Syria
(Washington Post) Souad Mekhennet - The former jihadist known as Abu Aicha, a Brussels native who traveled to Syria in 2013, says he rejects the Islamic State and prefers studying to fighting. Of all the returnees from Syria he has met since coming home, most "do not want to have anything to do with the Islamic State." His words, echoed by other returnees in Europe, are cause for cautious optimism as European officials had been bracing for new waves of terrorist attacks as young men returned home from the former caliphate. Despite initial fears, an overwhelming majority of returnees are so far shunning extremist causes and many reject the Islamic State.