Islamic State and John Maguire

John Maguire: Assalamu alaikum , he said each time he introduced himself. When he approached Ahmed, a 22-year-old from Raqqa who was working for the Islamic State media wing, he gently lowered the screen on Ahmed laptop so as to get his full attention, according to Toronto Star. Maguire, just a couple years older than Ahmed, was full of the confidence of a convert, eager to be accepted by all, one of a few dozen Canadians who have joined the group, also known as or by the Arabic acronym Daesh and John Maguire made a strong impression the moment he stepped into the Internet caf in Raqqa, Syria. Maguire, who had left his home in Ottawa about 14 months earlier, walked purposely around, shaking everyone hand. It was late spring 2014, not long after Raqqa had fallen to the Islamic State and been declared its capital, introducing a new dimension of terror into what was already a brutal civil war. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.