London (CNN)A French journalist's ISIS captives cared so little about religion they did not even have a Quran, Didier Franois -- 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."
"They didn't even have the Quran; they didn't want even to give us a Quran."
Franois 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.Among those still held by ISIS is an American woman, U.S. President Barack Obama acknowledged this weekend in an interview with NBC News.Franois told Amanpour that he had met her twice.
He was reluctant to get into details, lest anything jeopardize her safety.In general, he said, women "had a bit more freedom of movement," but being an ISIS hostage is "frightening enough," and "being a woman doesn't make it easier."
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"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."
"They didn't even have the Quran; they didn't want even to give us a Quran."
Franois 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.Among those still held by ISIS is an American woman, U.S. President Barack Obama acknowledged this weekend in an interview with NBC News.Franois told Amanpour that he had met her twice.
He was reluctant to get into details, lest anything jeopardize her safety.In general, he said, women "had a bit more freedom of movement," but being an ISIS hostage is "frightening enough," and "being a woman doesn't make it easier."
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/02/03/i.../index.html?sr=tw020315isisquran4pVODtopVideo
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