David, ex-jihadist: “I got scammed by this ideology”

2023-02-07T05:08:26.892Z

Olivier Delacroix goes to meet David Vallat, a former French jihadist who has become a fervent opponent of radical Islam. Raised with his brother and two sisters by their non-practicing Catholic mother, David began to take an interest in politics as a teenager. At 19, he converted to Islam, seduced by the human aspect of this religion which, in his eyes, apprehends the world in a more peaceful way. It was on his return from his military service that he switched to radical Islam. At the time, he made an attempt to join the Muslims of Bosnia, then at war against the Serbian army, then left to train in a jihadist camp in Afghanistan. What were the reasons for his radical commitment? How did he finally turn his back on this ideology? In this new episode of the podcast "