Issam Abuanza

Islamic State health minister

Issam Abuanza is the former Islamic State health minister of the Islamic State Health Service.[1] A Palestinian with British citizenship,[2] he is the first practicing National Health Service doctor known to have joined the Islamic State group.[3] Concerning the death of Jordanian pilot Muath Al-Kasasbeh, he stated:[4]

I would've liked for them to burn him extremely slowly and I could treat him so we could torch him once more

Abuanza, then living in Sheffield with a wife and two children, travelled to Syria alone in July 2014.[5]

References

  1. ^ Skinner, Elizabeth; Robinson, Elizabeth; Baho, Sally (2021). "CTX, Version 11". CTX. 11 (2): 19. ISSN 2162-6421 – via Naval Postgraduate School.
  2. ^ Perraudin, Frances (2016-05-25). "Sheffield doctor who joined Isis sparks call for stronger border checks". The Guardian. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
  3. ^ "Meet the British doctor who left his hospital job to join the Islamic State". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
  4. ^ Hamilton, Fiona. "NHS doctor is revealed as an Isis fighter". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
  5. ^ Steve Swann, Daniel Sandford & Riam Dalati, BBC News Islamic State group recruited practising NHS doctor
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