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Children of ISIS fighter find new life in Minnesota

2025/5/28
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Ahmed: 我和我的妻子在2015年去摩洛哥探亲时，我18岁的儿子Abdelhamid失踪了，后来我们得知他加入了ISIS。这对于我们来说是一个巨大的打击，我们努力寻找他，并最终得知他在叙利亚结婚生子。当得知我们的孙子们在叙利亚的难民营中时，我们决心找到他们。在各方的帮助下，我们最终将他们带回了美国，现在他们和我们一起生活，我们尽力弥补他们失去的童年，让他们感受到爱和温暖。我们希望抹去他们记忆中不好的回忆，让他们能够健康快乐地成长。现在的生活很美好，我们找回了我们的孩子，也找回了我们的孙子。 Abdelhamid: 我承认自己曾经是ISIS的士兵，并对此感到后悔。我在叙利亚结婚生子，但后来我被捕，我的孩子们也失踪了。我每天都给他们打电话，和他们开玩笑，希望能够弥补我对他们的亏欠。 Peter Galbraith: 我帮助Ahmed一家找到了他们在叙利亚难民营中的孙子们。这些孩子在营地里生活条件恶劣，心理也受到了创伤。将他们带回美国，让他们在一个充满爱和关怀的家庭中成长，对他们来说是最好的选择。看到他们在明尼苏达州快乐地生活，我感到非常欣慰。 Ian Moss: 美国政府致力于将滞留在叙利亚难民营中的美国公民带回国，特别是那些无辜的儿童。这些孩子是ISIS的受害者，不应该为他们父母的罪行而受到惩罚。将他们带回美国，不仅是对他们人权的保护，也是为了防止他们被极端思想所影响，成为未来的安全隐患。Ahmed一家是一个成功的例子，他们的故事证明了家庭的温暖和关爱可以帮助这些孩子重新开始新的生活。

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This chapter recounts the disappearance of Abdelhamid, the family's 18-year-old son, who joined ISIS. It details the parents' desperate search and the shocking revelation of their son's involvement with the terrorist organization.
  • Abdelhamid, an American citizen, disappeared during a family trip to Morocco.
  • He joined ISIS, married, and had children in Syria.
  • His parents initially received reassuring messages, but eventually learned of his involvement through a CBS News report.
  • Abdelhamid was eventually returned to Minnesota to face prosecution.

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When ISIS was at its height, its ranks included several hundred Americans. They were often young men radicalized online by savvy marketing that promised free housing and the chance to meet a wife. When the Islamic State collapsed, some of them ended up in huge detention camps in Syria, and the U.S. has been trying to bring them home. NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer reports on one American family coping with the aftermath of the child they lost, and the children they found.What happened to the families of the Americans who joined ISIS? Not just the families they left behind in the U.S., but the ones they formed overseas? For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org).Email us at [email protected]).Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices)NPR Privacy Policy)