Hamayun Tariq, 37, a West Midlands car mechanic turned jihadist, told The Guardian he had volunteered to fight for the militant group. He said he hitchhiked from Pakistan’s tribal belt during the summer to the 'caliphate.' ISIS has seized large swathes of Syria and Iraq and established a self-proclaimed caliphate where Sharia law rules. Tariq is a divorced father of two who grew up in Dudley, and who has served three and a half years in prison, according to The Guardian. Tariq’s family told the paper his father, who died in January, was devastated by the path his son...
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