‘Jihadi John’ Defends Himself Against Charges of Extremism in 2009 Audio

Hear Jihadi John Defend Himself Against Charge of Extremism (TIME)

Mohammed Emwazi denied he was an extremist and denounced extremism in a 2009 interview he gave to an advocacy group.

The man who became known as Jihadi John and the masked face of the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) after appearing to kill hostages in a series of videos, complained that he was victimized after he was deported from Tanzania and questioned by the security services.