Former hostage Nicolas Hénin on what he learned about ISIL

For most people, the attraction of Islamic State is difficult to understand but clearly their violent message is getting across to their followers. Nicolas Hénin is a French journalist who was taken hostage by the group for almost one year. He is trying to piece together the puzzle in his book ‘Jihad Academy’. Euronews reporter Isabelle Kumar met him in Paris. Henin was held with other Western hostages including James Foley and Alan Henning. He has just published a book “Jihad Academy”. Henin was held captive by ISIL militants from June 2013 and was released in April 2014. He was held with other Western hostages James Foley, Steven Sotloff, Alan Henning, David Haines who were all killed by the extremist group. Read more: http://www.euronews.com/2015/03/02/ma...