Montasser AlDe'emeh

Montasser AlDe'emeh (Arabic: منتصر يوسف علي الدعمي, romanized: Muntaṣir Yūsuf ʿAlī al-Diʿma; Jordan, April 8, 1989) is a Belgian-Palestinian academic and islamologist.[1][2]

Biography

Montasser’s parents were both born in Mandatory Palestine. In 1948, his family fled from Sabbarin, a village in the subdistrict of Haifa that was depopulated. The family ended up in the Nur Shams camp, in the northern part of the West Bank. During the Six-Day War in 1967, his family fled to Jordan. In 1991, Two-year-old Montasser, arrived in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean.[3]

Doctoral research

At the KU Leuven he is researching Foreign Terrorist Fighters (FTFs) in Syria.[4] During his doctoral study, he went to Syria to interview fighters from the Al-Nusra Front.[5] In Syria, he got arrested, and interrogated by Al-Nusra.[6] AlDe’emeh tries to help young people turn away from radical ideology.[7] In 2019, he visited the Gweran Prison in Al-Hasakah, where he interviewed Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant prisoners.[8] AlDe’emeh believes there are two profiles of jihadists: the naive idealists and the more violent extremists prepared to strike in their homeland.[9]

Death threats

Montasser’s work has landed him on a ISIS hit list.[3]

References
  1. "Needless interrogation of a Belgian academic is just what Isis wants". The Independent. December 7, 2015.
  2. "Islamologist Montasser AlDe'emeh in A La Carte: 'Why don't we talk to the parents?'". www.bruzz.be.
  3. "Meet the man on an Isis hitlist for trying to stop Islamist terrorism". inews.co.uk. October 5, 2018.
  4. Birnbaum, Michael (January 17, 2015). "Why is tiny Belgium Europe's jihad-recruiting hub?" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  5. SPIEGEL, Gregor Peter Schmitz, Katrin Kuntz, DER. "Belgium Muslim Youth Turning Toward Jihad in Large Numbers". www.spiegel.de.
  6. Van Ham, Tim (July 20, 2016). "Summer interview (1): Montasser AlDe'emeh" – via www.voxweb.nl/.
  7. Verbergt, Natalia Drozdiak and Matthias (April 4, 2016). "Belgians Try to Reach Radicals in Muslim Communities". Wall Street Journal – via www.wsj.com.
  8. "" Sire, ayez pitié de nous… " : Rencontre avec des djihadistes belges détenus à Hassaké". parismatch.be. February 25, 2020.
  9. Burke, Jason (March 22, 2016). "Why did the bombers target Belgium?" – via www.theguardian.com.
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