How 'Jihadi John' used to be 'kind and gentle'

CAGE research director Asim Qureshi told reporters Emwazi was 'the most humble young person that I ever knew'.

17:07 27 February 2015

“Jihadi John” was described by CAGE research director Asim Qureshi as "the most humble young person that I ever knew.” He added that Mohammed Enwazi from London – the man identified as the notorious terrorist beheader - was extremely kind and gentle.

The campaign group has made claims that UK security services are failing young Muslims and actually play a role in their radicalisation.

British advocacy group CAGE says security services have "systematically engaged in the harassment of young Muslims, rendering their lives impossible and leaving them with no legal avenue to redress their situation".

Mr Qureshi said: "Like Michael Adebolajo, the suffocating domestic policies aimed at turning a person into an informant but which prevent a person from fulfilling their basic life needs would have left a lasting impression on Emwazi."

CAGE claims the "culture of abuse now runs so deep in the UK that there are virtually entire communities which, due to security services acting outside of the rule of law, no longer have access to due process".

"Individuals are prevented from travelling, placed under house arrest and in the worst cases tortured, rendered or killed, seemingly on the whim of security agents."