Volition

The ISIS Hostage

Have you ever been troubled by the degenerate motives of the terrorist organisation and ended up being anxious about what it would be like to witness the extremities of barborous propriety.

The ISIS Hostage is a true story about a Danish freelance photographer kidnapped and held hostage on the hands of one of the most notorious terror organizations of the world, ISIS. The book gives a detailed insight on the ISIS insurgence and the other rebellion groups of Syria and Iraq, on account of a meticulous research done by Puk Damsgard.

Daniel lived in Hedegard, Denmark with his Mother, father and two sisters also the place where his girlfriend Signe lived. He is an young aspirant photographer, interested in war and its repercussion on the residents.His tangible pull towards the war stricken lifestyle takes him to Syria. Daniel being aware of the threats of going to a place with the most kidnappings and executions of journalists, consulted a security expert, Arthur, who was the negotiator for many hostages over the time. His trip to Syria was well planned and arranged, but Syria had another plans for him. The day after he enters Syria, he was kidnapped by some anomalous men who later he found out to be ISIS.

Daniel is subjected to torture, the eminent nom de guerre Abu Hurraya, was known as the prison’s most brutal guard, reputedly taking genuine pleasure in torturing hostages. In situations where all the forces act in order to break a soul, it isn’t incredulous that someone might prefer an end however cruel it might be. Daniel made attempts to escape the capture and even tried to kill himself.

Since 2004 a significant goal of the group has been foundation of an Islamic state of sunni muslims. They intend to create an caliphate with people having same interpretation of the Kuran led by a religious leader-a caliph.

Daniel’s release is finally negotiated for 2 million Euros. The Danish government policies unlike of many European government are against funding terror organizations which simply means the family had a hard time gathering money. Arthur, being a person of huge experience stayed along with their odyssey and arranged for the trade of money to the family's only son.

Along with the other hostages, he learned lessons of survival and suffering. The contradicting thoughts of people after he had been released made him even more depressed. Daniel's release followed by the execution of his fellow American hostages including James Foley, whose release was worked upon by Arthur for over an elongated time. For the world it was losing another journalist on the hands of ISIS, but for Daniel and his released friends it was a whole different story which was so emotionally intimidating that they wished it would be them who died.

The ISIS hostage by Puk Damsgard is an insight to the inhuman developments that a human can bring to its own counterparts out of hatred and contempt that are based on deceitful dogmatic presumptions. The emotional affinity that you develop with the book, makes it an indispensable pick.