ISIS defectors take a stand and speak out against terrorist organization

ISIS is nothing but cruelty and empty promises

Much has been said about people joining the Islamic State, but very little has been said about ISIS defectors, who have been leaving the terrorist organization for a variety of reason.

MUNTINLUPA, PHILIPPINES (Catholic Online) - Few hear about defectors leaving ISIS or the things that drove them to leave the group. Some have come forward to stop foreign fighters from joining ISIS by revealing the truth with first-hand accounts of how they first joined then fled the group.
The majority of ISIS defects have gone into hiding but nine of the 58 ex-ISIS members have gone public to share their stories. Their testimonies will be published by the International Center for the Study of Radicalization at King's College London by Monday.

According to their reports, some members are opposed to the Islamic State's hostility to other Sunni rebel groups in Syria that disagree with President Bashar-Al-Assad. The other defectors were disappointed with what they have seen, particularly when they discovered there was nothing exciting about a militant's life. Two members fled the group following their assignment to be suicide bombers.
The defectors -58 men and seven women- left ISIS after witnessing several senseless bloody executions, special treatment given to foreigners and hearing empty promises of being granted glory and money. 
31-year-old Ahmad Junaedi told the Jakarta Post how he left four children and his job in Indonesia to join ISIS after being promised "large sums of money," but lamented the fact that his salary was just under 30 Euros a month.
He said, "We then spent 24 days at a camp filled with only Indonesians and we were introduced to weapons, taught Islamic doctrine and encouraged to have morning jogs."
Jamolbee Khamidova was snuck into Syria after her husband joined ISIS under the condition he would live a life of luxury. She trusted his words when he said she could leave any time and they would enjoy a life of high status, but she said, "The children were often sick and there were no doctors or pharmacies. The men could hit you if you went out without a veil."
One day her husband was taken by two Saudi extremists and when they returned with a picture of her husband's corpse, she said she "did not have the strength to even cry."
Each of the defectors had stories of ISIS' lies and cruelty. Abu Abdullah, a former bodyguard for ISIS commander Saddam Jamal, described how the extremists would force parents to watch the murder of their children and how he witnessed a local leader forcing his 8-year-old son to slit a rebel fighter's throat.
He said, "They kidnap and carry out assassinations. They think nothing of bringing down a whole building with women and children inside, just to kill one person."
The National Investigation Agency attempted to persuade different governments to provide more incentives to defectors so they would be encouraged to come forward and discourage potential recruits.

"The defectors provide unique insight into life in the Islamic State. But their stories can also be used as a potentially powerful tool to fight against it. The defectors' very existence shatters the image of unity and determination that I.S. seeks to convey," the Agency said.
The Islamic State is not protecting Muslims, it is killing them. Clearly, the voices of the defectors are strong and loud, and need to be heard by the world. 

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