Jihad Selfie: the story of how Indonesian teenagers are recruited to Islamic State

By Jewel Topsfield
Updated July 24 2016 - 1:16am, first published 12:34am
Activist and deradicalisation expert Noor Huda Ismail in Jakarta. Ismail is also the director of documentary film <i>Jihad Selfie</i>. Photo: Rodrigo Ordonez
Activist and deradicalisation expert Noor Huda Ismail in Jakarta. Ismail is also the director of documentary film <i>Jihad Selfie</i>. Photo: Rodrigo Ordonez
Filmmaker Noor Huda Ismail (left) and student Teuku Akbar Maulana take a selfie using a smartphone in Jakarta. Photo: Rodrigo Ordonez
Filmmaker Noor Huda Ismail (left) and student Teuku Akbar Maulana take a selfie using a smartphone in Jakarta. Photo: Rodrigo Ordonez
<i>Jihad Selfie</i> tells the story of how a friend of Maulana's tried to lure him to travel to Syria and join Islamic State. Photo: Rodrigo Ordonez
<i>Jihad Selfie</i> tells the story of how a friend of Maulana's tried to lure him to travel to Syria and join Islamic State. Photo: Rodrigo Ordonez
Teuku Akbar Maulana, an Indonesian student in Turkey, is the subject of <i>Jihad Selfie</i>. Photo: Rodrigo Ordonez
Teuku Akbar Maulana, an Indonesian student in Turkey, is the subject of <i>Jihad Selfie</i>. Photo: Rodrigo Ordonez

The first thing that strikes you about would-be jihadist Teuku Akbar Maulana is how ordinary he is.

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