article_snippet: The video, entitled 'Citizens’ Days Out in the Shadow of the Islamic State' and published today, is an attempt to depict an idealised version of everyday life under the bloodthirsty Islamic State caliphate.
article_snippet: Charlie Winter, a researcher at the Quilliam Foundation, a counter-extremism think tank, analysed the footage. '
article_snippet: While it may seem a strange addition to IS’s propaganda repertoire, is nothing unusual. '
article_snippet: Just as they do in many other videos like this, the propagandists are peddling the idea that there has been a total reversal of the status quo for Sunni Muslims in IS-held territory. '
article_snippet: the propagandists are trying to promote the idea that the bloodthirsty Islamic State caliphate is a true utopia, where Sunni children are free to play safely, free from persecution and injustice. '
article_snippet: There is a huge difference now, it is better than before' Charlie Winter, a researcher at the Quilliam Foundation, a counter-extremism think tank, analysed the footage and said: 'Safe to say, this is a heavily idealised version of events' Smiles: Youngsters are interviewed in the video and it is no surprise they are complimentary of bloodthirsty ISIS .
highlights_snippet: New propaganda video purports to show life under Islamic State caliphate .
  