| 00:01 | | We managed to enter the house of the Bengali terrorist arrested a few days ago in Genoa. |
| 00:10 | | [He used to call for jihad against the West: follower of Al-Qaeda arrested in Genoa] |
| 00:14 | | But didn’t you go to the mosque together with your son? |
| 00:17 | | Yes, sometimes we used to go to the mosque, the one near Via Paglia. |
| 00:21 | | Do you think someone in the mosque may have [pushed him]? —No, I don’t think so. |
| 00:27 | | At home, we found a drawing of an assault rifle AK-47, that is, a Kalashnikov. |
| 00:33 | | Who made that drawing? —He did. —But why did you make that drawing? |
| 00:38 | | |
| 00:42 | | But before bringing you here, we want to show you what Genoa looks like. |
| 00:46 | | One of the most important cities in Italy has become the capital of Islamic radicalism. |
| 00:52 | | In recent years, dozens of extremists have been arrested and expelled. |
| 00:58 | | |
| 01:00 | | Don’t you see that Islam is growing now? |
| 01:03 | | Don’t you see that Islam is booming? |
| 01:06 | | Why is that in your opinion? —Take a copy of the Qur’an and study. |
| 01:11 | | In these alleys of the historic center, businesses managed by Italians have gradually disappeared. |
| 01:18 | | But there are halal butcher’s shops, mosques, Arab shops of all kinds, one next to the other. |
| 01:24 | | And here, by now, not even women are welcome. |
| 01:31 | | Can you tell me where the Islamic cultural centers are on this street? |
| 01:35 | | I need to talk to someone, I’m a journalist. |
| 01:38 | | No, they are Muslims. I guess you know their mentality. |
| 01:44 | | A woman is not appropriate, you should send a man to interview them. —Did you hear? |
| 01:49 | | We’ll let you listen to it once more time. because it’s absurd that in an Italian city |
| 01:54 | | we are told these things by law enforcement. |
| 01:57 | | A woman is not appropriate, you should send a man to interview them. |
| 02:03 | | And… —And this is not even a safe area for a blonde woman. |
| 02:07 | | And be careful, be careful, we are inferior to them. |
| 02:12 | | I see. Have you ever had any problems here? —They won’t talk to us police officers. |
| 02:17 | | So we employ men instead. Even the local police have given up sending female officers here, |
| 02:24 | | because they won’t talk to women. It’s our institutions that are bowing to radical Islam. |
| 02:30 | | Further on, among the alleys, we talk to an imam of a mosque. Listen to what he tells us. |
| 02:34 | | There are people who live radically. —But what does “radical” mean? |
| 02:39 | | There are people who hate kafirs. They hate those who are not Muslims. |
| 02:45 | | For Muslims, kafirs are all those who do not believe in Allah. |
| 02:49 | | They won’t talk to you, or even look at you, do you understand? |
| 02:52 | | Do you know these people, I mean, those who hate kafirs? |
| 02:57 | | Yes, yes. Why? Of course there are. |
| 03:02 | | Did you hear the way he said it? It’s normal that the Muslims who hate those |
| 03:07 | | who don’t believe in their god frequent these mosques, these streets, our streets. |
| 03:15 | | Hate is a strong word. Even the terrorist arrested a few days ago in Genoa hates unbelievers |
| 03:23 | | and was ready to kill them. [He was ready for jihadi martyrdom. Terrorist arrested in Genoa] |
| 03:29 | | Faysal Rahaman is 21 years old. He arrived in Italy in 2018. |
| 03:33 | | He used to work in the shipyards: a life divided between work, mosque and home. |
| 03:39 | | The arrested jihadist used to live here. |
| 03:42 | | We are in the Genoese neighborhood of Sestri Ponente and now we will try to talk to his family. |
| 03:49 | | |
| 04:01 | | Hello, sorry to disturb you, sir. I’m a journalist, can I… |
| 04:05 | | We introduce ourselves and they invite us to enter. |
| 04:08 | | The terrorist’s father tells us about the police raid of a few nights earlier. |
| 04:15 | | At 4.30 am… —The police officers arrived. —The police officers arrived. |
| 04:20 | | They entered, we were sleeping. My son was sleeping there. |
| 04:25 | | Ah, OK, so they made a raid? |
| 04:28 | | Yes, yes, yes. This is the damage they did. Here it is. |
| 04:32 | | Ah, they really broke everything? —Yes. |
| 04:36 | | We are inside the jihadist’s house. This is his room, where he used to sleep with his brother. |
| 04:42 | | Here he used to pray, and on the internet he used to train himself to the use of the AK-47. |
| 04:47 | | He loved to watch and share videos of the stoning of women, beheadings of infidels on social media. |
| 04:54 | | He even filmed himself while he was watching, satisfied, the images of 9/11. |
| 05:01 | | On Facebook he wrote: “I am a terrorist. I am ferocious |
| 05:06 | | because I nurture intense hatred for infidels. |
| 05:09 | | I want to fight on the path of Allah, I will flood the field with the blood of infidels. |
| 05:14 | | Earth belongs to Allah, so the law will be followed only by Allah.” |
| 05:19 | | And what books are these? —These are the Qur’an. The holy book. |
| 05:23 | | Ah, I understand, I understand. But didn’t you notice that your brother was radicalizing? |
| 05:30 | | No. —No? |
| 05:33 | | You didn’t notice anything? People whose throats were slit, men thrown from the top of buildings… |
| 05:42 | | No, no, no. —You didn’t notice that he published all these photos? |
| 05:45 | | No, no, no, I didn’t see them. —And these were his drawers, his things? |
| 05:48 | | In his drawers we find a photo of him. |
| 05:51 | | Here he had just arrived in Italy, before he became radical and grew his beard. |
| 05:57 | | The Bengali man had joined the Tablighi, an Islamic association dedicated to religious propaganda. |
| 06:03 | | Scholars call them the Jehovah’s Witnesses of Islam. |
| 06:07 | | According to investigators, he used to train himself to use weapons and was ready to fight. |
| 06:13 | | Always on social media he wrote: “The imminent wave of Islamic heroes will make the Zionists |
| 06:19 | | and the Crusaders forget the horrors of 9/11.” |
| 06:23 | | But how is it possible that his family didn’t notice anything? |
| 06:27 | | But didn’t you go to the mosque together with your son? |
| 06:30 | | Yes, sometimes we used to go to the mosque, the one near Via Paglia. |
| 06:34 | | Do you think someone in the mosque may have [pushed him]? |
| 06:38 | | —No, no, no, I don’t think so. —But even the drawings made by the terrorist’s brother are worrying. |
| 06:46 | | But why did you make that drawing? |
| 06:50 | | It is not clear who is behind Faysal’s radicalization, |
| 06:54 | | but what it seems is that this house is fertile ground for Islamic fundamentalism. |
| 07:00 | | They must cover themselves. —Women must cover themselves? —In my religion |
| 07:03 | | you have to respect this. —Ah, I understand, I understand. |
| 07:06 | | So she has to cover herself? —Yes, yes, when she goes out, she has to cover her mouth… —A mask. |
| 07:10 | | Even her mouth must be covered? —Yes, she has to wear a little mask. |
| 07:16 | | Look at this woman. She is not even allowed to talk to us. —And if she doesn’t want to put it on? |
| 07:22 | | No, no. —How is the lady here supposed to leave the house? |
| 07:25 | | Like this. Like this, look. |
| 07:30 | | Does she have to go out like this? —Yes, like this. |
| 07:33 | | And she has to wear these clothes. |
| 07:37 | | This is a long dress. The dress must cover everything, do you understand? |
| 07:42 | | But sometimes it’s hot in the summer, with the mask on… |
| 07:45 | | No, no, no, no. No problem. Even if it’s hot, you can’t go out without wearing the mask, |
| 07:49 | | because it’s an obligation in my religion. |
| 07:52 | | The terrorist used to live in this environment, educated to a rigorous Islam. |
| 07:56 | | Perhaps all this has nothing to do with his radicalization. |
| 08:01 | | Or maybe it does. —So you weren’t aware of anything? |
| 08:05 | | No, I wasn’t aware of anything. |
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