A 15-year-old Syrian ISIS recruit talks about his decision to become a suicide bomber: my father encouraged me, he says. We meet the proud father – who is not going on a martyrdom operation himself, despite his enthusiasm for his son to make it to Paradise as soon as possible. His other sons, we learn, are set on the same path, having joined "the cubs" academy. Father then sits his son on the "steed" – "His father checks out the car, to see that all is well. He wants to make sure that his son reaches Paradise safely."

And off he goes.

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    Martin Adamson

    And bear in mind that in many schools of Islamic theology it is not just the jihadi martyr who is awarded paradise, but their entire family as well.

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