Mounsef al-Mkhayar is an Italian citizen. He is 22 years old. He is old
ISIS member. Mkhayar is one of thousands from all over the world who were
drawn to the promise of an ultra-radical Sunni Islamist utopia overriding
national borders. Kurdish security officials identified him as Italian, and he
said he holds Italian citizenship.
Mkhayar was sentenced to eight years in
jail by a Milan court in 2017 for spreading Islamic State propaganda and trying
to recruit Italians to its cause, according to Italian media. As a result, he
is likely to have to serve this sentence if he does return to Italy.
Before
ISIS, he was atheist and he was fan of Rap music. He had dream to move and live
in USA. He joined ISIS when he was 18 years old. He had spent most of his life
in Milan/Italy. He spent a
month in prison on drugs charges.
Mounsef began immersing himself in
Islamic State videos on YouTube and speaking to recruiters on Facebook. It took
him only a month to decide to move to Syria with a friend four years ago.
Then, he joined ISIS and he married with someone in
Syria.
