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HARDtalk: Jürgen Todenhöfer - Writer and Filmmaker

29/06/2015

Jürgen Todenhöfer - Writer and Filmmaker

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With Jürgen Todenhöfer, who spent ten days inside the IS caliphate and emerged unscathed.

Stephen Sackur speaks to writer and filmmaker Jürgen Todenhöfer, who remarkably spent ten days inside the self-styled IS caliphate. What more can he tell us about the jihadists?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Jürgen Todenhöfer.

The so-called Islamic State movement has very publicly murdered western journalists and aid workers who entered its territory. As a result, IS-held areas of Syria and Iraq have been off-limits to western reporters for the past year. Except for the guest today. 

Last December Jürgen Todenhöfer spent ten days inside the self-styled IS caliphate. He emerged unscathed with a remarkable story - what more can he tell us about the jihadists, and what can we conclude about his own motivations?

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