The man who started ISIS: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi too extreme for al-Qaeda

BETWEEN jihadists, and for many in the western world, which was considered Slaughterer.Known his brutal and violent methods and carrying out the massacre, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was considered too extreme even by the standards of Al-Qaeda.

He is accused of the brutal execution of Nicholas Berg, an American in 2004, al-Zarqawi has earned its fearsome nickname.Berg, then 26, was beheaded in Iraq, May 8, 2004 by masked, armed. His decapitated body was found near a road in methods Baghdad.Al-Zarqawi were so extreme and killed so many people under their brand of radical Islam that even the leaders of al-Qaeda and blamed Jihad him.But West was known for his extreme brutality, militant circles has earned the nickname, which is mourning one Lot.Not just cried for prayer, but when it comes to the suffering of Muslim women, according to the journalist, New York Times columnist Thomas Hegghammer.But in their public displays of emotion, cried a lot, do not was a deviation, 'Hegghammer writes.For radical Islamists who see crying as a sign of devotion to God, Municipal sobs as often as car bombs. 'Militant leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, 2004-2006 was also known for his cruelty to the Shiite civilians.In received a letter in 2005 and published in the American intelligence, the second bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri, you have a call the brutality of Al -Zarkavi Shiite, and said to go against Muslims group.Al -Zarqawi was killed in a US air strike in 2006, but until now not seen as the founder of the Islamic State, which has warmly embraced his brutal tactics.According in Hegghammer, who spent four years studying jihadists in their spare time, to cry down to the fact that radical Islam is not only death and destruction.It also includes fashion, music, poetry, dream interpretation 'has writes.n short, Jihadism offers its members a rich cultural universe where you can dive. According to the Times, life is full of the thrill of the fight jihadists, and the pain of loss and her propaganda that terrorist groups used to attract new recruits and fighters in the world.