Love Story Ended with Joining ISIS

Mahmoud Aladdin ,an Egyptian man got married to a Swiss woman ,called  Francesca Astadelman.They lived a happy life.They met in France  while he was studying at the American University there, for nearly 7 years.She converted to Islam three months after their return to Cairo where they lived in Rehab city  and put birth to a baby boy, "Adam”. She used to travel to Switzerland every year to visit her family. After fights between them, they got divorce.

Mahmoud used to see his son from time to time till he was surprised of their disappear.”I knew that my ex-wife joined ISIS and abducted my son with her”,said Mahmoud.

“I went to New Cairo police station and filed a complaint accused my ex-wife of joining Daesh, and heading to Iraq” ,he added.He accused her of  adopting  jihadist ideas, where she  began to be more extremist  and following  terrorist organizations websites  , especially al-Qaeda .”She started reading jihad books for "Anwar al-Awlaki," a Yemeni-American, prominent leader of al-Qaeda in Yemen” he said. She began to  prohibit watching television ,listening to the songs and wore the niqab.

“She considered me and my family as disbelievers and stopped visiting us” ,said  he.Problems  erupted between her and the family  after her call for  them to adopt jihadist ideas and join ISIS, that led Mahmoud  to report to the security services to carry out the necessary investigations.

He pointed out that, following their separation, he kept visiting his son weekly in her apartment. “December 26,was my son’s birthday and the last day to see him” said he.

 “The following day I called her to check on my son, but her phone was off that lasted for two days that worried me” said Mahmoud.He went to the her house to check on them and was surprised of her absence. the neighbors assured him that she  sold the contents of the house that  continued for more than two months, which led him to file a complaint  number 8524 at New Cairo police station.

Its noteworthy that a lot of European flee from families to join ISIS and other jihadi groups that led a lot of these countries to monitor citizens traveling to countries like Turkey and other countries in the Middle East .

The number of Europeans joining Islamist fighters in Syria and Iraq has risen to more than 3,000, the EU's anti-terrorism chief has said in an interview with BBC.

Mr de Kerchove said the number of 3,000 included all those who have been to the region, including those who have returned and those who have been killed there.

The CIA estimates that IS may have up to 31,000 fighters in Iraq and Syria - three times as many as previously feared.

Mahmoud is in Greece now ,where he got information that his wife  and son was arrested there while trying to leave from Greece to Turkey to be able to travel to join ISIS.