See how surreal the situation has become. This single paragraph captures the strange insanity, the bizarre juxtapositions, and the nightmare vision of the jihadis. And yet it is all too real.
Talking to me on Kik, a chat application for smartphones, Omar Hussain, 27, a former Morrisons security guard from High Wycombe, said: “I’m not fussed whether it’s done under the banner of Aqap or Isis. As long as the kafir [infidel] has been killed, that’s what counts. Killing a kafir who insults the Prophet is a praiseworthy deed.”
Do read the rest of Shiraz Maher’s excellent new piece in the New Statesman. He is very good at lighting up the abyss for all to see.
