The early chapters of this series focus on a man we refer to as Abu Husaifa al-Khanadi,

who claimed to be a member of ISIS and said he had committed multiple murders while in

the Islamic State.

In several episodes of this series, we documented his story, as well as our efforts to verify

aspects of it.

In September of 2020, two and a half years after this podcast was released, the Canadian

police arrested Husaifa, whose real name is Shairo's Choundry, and charged him with perpetrating

a hoax.

That charge led the times to conduct its own investigation, which found a history of

misrepresentations by Choundry, and no corroboration that he committed the atrocities he described

in the Caliphate podcast.

As a result, the times has concluded that the episodes of Caliphate that presented Choundry's

claims did not meet our standards for accuracy.

In this feed, we've published a conversation with the executive editor of the Times, Dean

Bakeh, where he discusses the original reporting in Caliphate, and what the times has found

in its re-examination of the story.

ISIS continues to attract and recruit members.

Just today, the US Secretary of Defense set upwards of 100 Americans are believed to

be fighting for ISIS in the Middle East.

The Canadian government has identified 30 Canadians now fighting in Syria and Iraq.

Up to 1,000 Europeans who are part of this group.

Three young girls believe to be on their way to join ISIS.

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