Watch latest Islamic State VIDEO narrated by British hostage John Cantlie

GLOBAL JIHAD 2015

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The latest slick war propaganda film from the Islamic State. Schools, children being taught Quran all in preparation for Islamic war. It’s “the last video in this series,” which means Cantlie will meet a certain, gruesome death shortly.

The film takes us into the court of sharia. Into ISIS schools, etc. —

“British hostage John Cantlie appears in new Isis video” Press Association, February 9, 2015
Cantlie reports on topics including education, drone strikes and sharia law in documentary-style film From Inside Halab

Inside a sharia court
Children learning quran
A new propaganda video by Islamic State featuring the British photojournalist John Cantlie, in which he says it is the “last film in this series”, has appeared online.
The documentary-style production is titled From Inside Halab, the ancient name for the Syrian city of Aleppo. Cantlie reports on a range of topics including education, drone strikes and sharia law.
The hostage, who appears well in the film, has been held captive for more than two years by Isis militants and has featured in a range of videos, including a series titled Lend Me Your Ears.
He has also featured in two previous Inside videos, Inside Ayn al-Islam, which is in Kobani, Syria, and Inside Mosul, the Iraqi city.
In the latest video, Cantlie describes the “advance and stretch” of Isis as “remarkable and breathtaking”. He says huge sections of Aleppo have been smashed to rubble by bombings by both the Syrian and US air forces. But he then moves on to show how the city is apparently still functioning well under Isis rule, with a “thriving economy”.
Cantlie reports on education under Isis. He says: “One of the common accusations of the west is that under Islamic State education will suffer, religious studies and changes to the curriculum don’t quite fit their image of progressive schooling. But here in Halab, these young men here are learning Qur’an recital and languages, and with any luck they will form the mujahideen for the next generation in this region.”
After spotting a drone flying above the city, the film cuts to the apparent aftermath of an air strike, and Cantlie explains that the “Islamic State fire brigade” are on the scene.
Cantlie, who is in his 40s, is then seen sitting in a sharia law court, explaining how it functions. “Unlike the laws of democratic countries, which change to fit every circumstance or to fit every different week, the rules of sharia are remarkably simple,” he says.
“For example, if you are convicted of robbery with the correct number of witnesses and such forth, you have your hand cut off. Sounds harsh but you’re not going to commit the same crime again and it will dissuade others from doing the same.”
Cantlie later interviews a French Isis member about the attacks last month at the offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and at a Jewish supermarket in Paris. Speaking in French, the man says: “The three attacks only made us happy.”
Cantlie’s father Paul, 80, died from complications following pneumonia last year. His sister, Jessica Cantlie, has previously appealed for direct contact with the militants holding him.
Isis has posted a number of videos of hostages being murdered, including the British aid worker Alan Henning last year. Most recently, a film appeared online in which the Jordanian pilot Muadh al-Kasasbeh was seen being burned to death. In response, Jordanian fighter jets carried out three consecutive days of bombing raids on Isis positions.