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Champions – From football to the Jihad


The death of a German soccer player and the links between sports and Islamic extremism.

The death of a German soccer player and the links between sports and Islamic extremism.

When 26-year-old Burak Karan was killed in a bombing raid on the village of Azaz in northern Syria, carried out by President Assad’s air force, the news of his death was broken by an unknown Islamic group that posts a video on YouTube every seven minutes. In the video, Karan is seen wearing a turban, holding a Kalashnikov and pronouncing his battle name, Abu Abdullah al-Turki.

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