On August 19, 2014, the world awoke to the horror of an ISIS terrorist brutally beheading American journalist James Foley. Since that day there has been considerable comment, reaction, non-reaction, and quests for answers.

Specifically, who is the ISIS terrorist who brutally murdered James Foley? Who is he? Where is he from? Why become a terrorist? All very real questions that demand answers, even if the answers we receive aren’t easy to understand.

This morning, a significant number of media outlets reported that it is highly likely that this terrorist is British. The Sunday Times writes:

MI5 and MI6 have identified the British fighter suspected of murdering the American journalist James Foley, senior government sources confirmed last night.
The masked man with a London accent, who is said to be known to fellow fighters as “Jihadi John”, was seen in the shocking video of Foley’s death released by the Isis extremist army last week.
While sources gave no details of the man they have identified, a key suspect is Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary, 23, who left his family’s £1m home in Maida Vale, west London, last year. He recently tweeted a picture of himself holding up a severed head.

The accent of this terrorist points to his London roots. In fact, several hostages referred to him as John and his “pals” as The Beatles because of that accent.. However, I’m quite certain that the original Beatles envisioned nor want that their name would be associated with terrorists, even who is is/was a wanna-be rapper.

Yes, “Jailor John”, as one publication is calling him had aspirations to be a rapper. He was good enough for a while that, as L Jinny a few of his songs played on BBC radio in 2012. However, his songs took a dark turn once he reportedly met and was radicalized by Islamic radical preacher, Anjem Choudry. In 2013 he left his very nice family home in London and headed to Syria. Leaving his rapper career and a $1.7million home in London (see a similar one here) behind all “for the sake of Allah.”