In the Skin of a Jihadist: An Investigation into the Heart of Islamic State Recruitment Networks, Anna Erelle

A convert to Islam, Mélodie meets the French leader of an Islamist brigade on Facebook. Within forty-eight hours, he "falls in love" with her, calls her day and night, urges her to come wage her jihad in Syria, and then asks her to marry him, promising her a life of paradise... From Facebook "chats" to Skype conversations, Mélodie gets caught up in the game and secretly begins to prepare for her departure.
The author of this book knows dozens of young European women like Mélodie, who are increasingly being lured online every week: she is Anna Erelle, who is actually behind the "Mélodie" profile. A young reporter, she works on the Islamic State (IS) networks – whose digital propaganda, "jihad 2.0," is one of its most formidable weapons.
For a month, Anna thus slips into Mélodie's skin, and spends her days verifying the confidences that her "suitor" – close to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the self-proclaimed caliph of IS – reveals each evening behind a computer screen to his "future wife." With increasing impatience for her to join him. This trip is the ultimate, most dangerous stage of her report, and Anna has planned it down to the smallest detail. She leaves, as planned. But everything goes awry...
A shocking investigation impossible to put down.
The book that helps understand the true face of IS terrorists.