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ISIS Captors Cared Little About Religion, Says Former Hostage

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London (CNN) – A French journalist’s ISIS captors cared little about religion, Didier Francois — who spent over 10 months as the group’s prisoner in Syria — told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour in an exclusive interview on Tuesday.

“There was never really discussion about texts or — it was not a religious discussion. It was a political discussion.”

“It was more hammering what they were believing than teaching us about the Quran. Because it has nothing to do with the Quran.”

“We didn’t even have the Quran; they didn’t want even to give us a Quran.”

Francois was released in April last year, but has only rarely spoken about his ordeal. He is one of the rare ISIS hostages who was freed.

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