Caliphate

Chapter Two: Recruitment

04.26.2018 - By The New York TimesPlay

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Editors' Note [Dec. 18, 2020]: The Times has published an Editors’ Note concluding that episodes featuring a central character in “Caliphate” did not meet our standards for accuracy. Read the full statement.

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