The “Latest” Sapling

Sid Ghlam

France has experienced a series of vicious attacks in 2015 provoked by the apocalyptic views of radical Islamist terror groups. The world knows of the attacks on Charlie Hebdo and the recent Friday the 13^th attacks in Paris. The world knows very little of Sid Ahmed Ghlam (aka Djillali), who by and large has had only a smattering of press coverage outside of France. Yet his story is very much connected to the others and shows how much of jihadist activity has nothing to do with “lone wolves” but is part of a continuum of teaching and influence that spans generations—a bitter root that defiles many.