"" His photo is cut off to conceal his identity,
and beside it is the tagline "Im just like you" —
common for ISIS recruiters on social networks
like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
He's answered 299 questions from the
community on Ask.fm, a lesser-known social
network with 180 million users worldwide,
many of them teenagers.
Other answers include: marriage status
(single), where he's from (the United Kingdom)
and more specific questions about fighting for
ISIS and how his parents reacted when he
converted.
He also encourages questioners to make
"hijrah" or migrate to Syria. He fields inquiries
from a variety of people -- one who identifies
as American, others curious about joining ISIS.

"He's a recruiter who may be putting himself
out there to some kid who may be trolling
looking to see if he can cash in on this little
Jihadi adventure that they all think they're
on," said terrorism analyst Mubin Shaikh after
looking at the Ask.fm posts.
Shaikh is a former recruiter for the Taliban
who defected and now works to identify and
expose potential threats.
ISIS is known to use popular social media for
its recruiting and Shaikh shared many
examples that have been taken down. On
Instagram, there was a photo referencing the
popular video game, Call of Duty. On Twitter, a
tweet telling readers to "put the chicken wings
down n come to Jihad bro."

Ask.fm says it's been removing such pages,
though the one referenced in this story is
available. "Right now, we are focused on being
able to understand, spot and catch extremes
of behavior, such as specific threats of
violence (including terrorist threats) and other
illegal activity," a spokesperson from Ask.fm
said in a statement to CNNMoney.
A spokesperson from Instagram/Facebook
says terrorist groups, like ISIS, are not
permitted on the sites. "We do not allow any
person or group to promote terrorism or share
graphic content for sadistic purposes. This
has long been our policy and something that
we take very seriously," the spokesperson
said.
The recruitment process goes beyond social
networks. On Ask.fm, recruiters will sometimes
respond to questions by offering their "kik"
username so users can get in touch privately.
Kik is a smartphone app for messaging.
There are also jihadi web forums where
information is exchanged using advanced
encryption software, according to Laith
Alkhouri, director of Research at Flashpoint
Global Partners, which analyzes terrorist
communities.
Some use it to allow individuals to
communicate directly with recruiting agents
for ISIS. Those protected conversations cover
everything from how to cross the border, what
to bring, and what life as an ISIS member is
like, said Alkhouri.
Shaikh says while companies are becoming
more vigilant purging terrorist groups from
their sites, damage is done.
"The recruitment has been going on for a long
time," he says. "It will be on the decline but it
might be a little too late because now the
individuals are already there, they're part of
the group, part of the threat and they're
welcome to bring the threat back."

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