Photo Gallery The Lost Sons
Hasan Gül is pictured in Hamburg, Germany. His brother Mürat is one of a number of young men of Turkish origin who have traveled to Syria to join the Islamic State and its jihad. Gül has mixed feelings about his brother -- on the one hand, he wants Mürat to be safe, but he is also ambivalent about getting a sibling back who has become a radicalized Muslim. "Is my brother a monster?" he asks.
An Islamic State fighter is seen in Raqqa, Syria, the biggest stronghold of the terrorist group. Many families of young men who have joined the jihad from Germany feel left in the lurch, that they are given no support. They didn't send their sons to wage holy war, and yet they fear people believe they may have supported that fanatic thinking in some way. One politician who provides counseling to families whose sons or daughters have joined the jihad, says officials in Germany have waited too long to act. She says greater preventative measures are needed as well as support for families.
