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Hizb Tawheed Wal-Qitaal3) Persuading Militant Muslim Captives and their Scholars toIssue Statements and Verdicts Renouncing Violence:The idea of using captive Muslim prisoners as tools towardsthwarting the efforts of the Mujāhidīn isn‘t new in a broad sense,because it was a widely used practice of the enemies of Allāh tobring out the Muslim prisoners and use them as human shieldswhen facing the Mujāhidīn on the battlefield. However, in thecontext of ‗The War of Ideas‘, this methodology has shifted into amore concept-oriented campaign. And the weapons have becomeless catapults, arrows and spears, and more microphones,newspapers and television interviews. And if the enemies canconvince their captives to publicly renounce the Jihād; this would bethe equivalent of holding him as a human shield to protect themfrom the arrows of the Muslim armies. 96For instance, the author of “Unconquerable Nation”, Brian MichaelJenkins said:―We have concentrated on degrading the jihadists‘ operational capabilitiesby eliminating jihadists, but not by impeding recruiting, inducingdefections, or getting detainees to renounce jihad.‖ 97And in a chapter entitled: ―Get Detainees to Renounce Terrorism‖,he writes:―Political warfare does not end with terrorist captivity. Lacking astrategy, we have competing views of what should be done with suspectedterrorist detainees: interrogate them for operational intelligence, detainthem for the duration of the war, bring them to trial before militarytribunals or civilian courts, hand them over for imprisonment in theircountries of origin. But turning detainees against violence should beconsidered as important as interrogation. Rehabilitation is more importantthan prosecution, especially if it can be used to discourage jihadistrecruiting. Those in custody should be offered the opportunity to quit thejihad, to repent, to publicly recant. We should not let our own desires forrevenge or our determination to see justice done get in the way. We must96 Rather, it is perceived by the enemy that a public recantation or retraction from animprisoned high-profile Muslim militant or scholar would be even more valuable, towards theirinterests, than thousands of human shields.97 Unconquerable Nation, Page 121The Compilation Of Security And Intelligence Principles Page 134