(VOA) Once al-Qaida’s chief American propagandist, Jesse Morton is now propagandizing for peace.
In 2009, Morton, then part of a group of Muslim extremists in New York, helped launch Jihad Recollections, the first in a line of online glossy magazines that captured the imagination of many young jihadists.
With an emphasis on compelling visual presentation, the magazine came to be dubbed the Vanity Fair for jihadists, giving rise to several, more enduring iterations, including al-Qaida’s Inspire and the Islamic State’s Dabiq and Rumiyah.
In its first issue, Inspire carried the infamous article “Make a Bomb in the Kitchen of Your Mom.” In a series titled “Just Terror Tactics,” Rumiyah instructed readers on knife and vehicle attacks and hostage taking.
