By James Matthews, Scotland Correspondent
A third jihadist featured in a recruitment video released by
the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has been identified as a prayer
caller at a city mosque in Aberdeen.
Abdul Rakib Amin settled in the northeast of Scotland with
his family after travelling from Bangladesh.
Sources at the mosque have told Sky News that Amin
"never, ever" showed radical tendencies.
They say that if he had he would have been immediately
reported to the police, with whom the mosque has a close relationship.
As a youngster, Amin also attended St Machar Academy in
Aberdeen and friends in the city describe him as a well-integrated member of
society who was a keen footballer player.
Amin
appears alongside to Cardiff students in the ISIS video
Having grown up in the Froghall area of Aberdeen, he and his
family moved to Leicester several years ago.
In the video posted on Youtube, Amin appears alongside two
Cardiff students - Reyaad Khan and Nasser Muthana, both aged 20 -
urging Westerners to join the fighting in Iraq and Syria.
ISIS has seized several cities and towns across northern and
western Iraq in recent weeks in a lightning offensive which has put the Iraqi
government on the back foot.
A member of Aberdeen's Muslim community who knew Amin told
Sky News: "He was more of a lad than a regular attendee at the
mosque.
"I remember him as a hyper person, energetic and
loud... not the type of person you'd expect to go and do this."
He said that the community wanted to distance themselves
from Amin's actions in Syria.
ISIS
fighters have captured many towns and cities in Iraq
"We don't want our community tainted because some
idiot's gone commando."
Police and Cardiff's Muslim community have been trying to
establish how Khan and Muthana were lured into fighting in Iraq and Syria.
Video has emerged of notorious Saudi cleric Mohammed al
Arifi preaching at Cardiff's Al Manar mosque, attended by Khan and Muthana, as
well as his brother Aseel who is also with ISIS.
Mr Arifi is banned from Switzerland for his extremist views
- but has visited the UK several times.
However, trustees at the mosque have suggested the young men
may have been radicalised online, rather than by members of Cardiff's Muslim
community.
The parents of both young men have said they did not know of
their sons' intentions to join the jihad and have pleaded for them to come
home.
Meanwhile, Khalid Mahmood MP told Sky News that many more British Muslims
than previously thought could have been recruited by Islamist militants.
"I imagine 1,500 certainly would be the lower end. If
you look across the whole of the country, there's been a number of people going
across," he said.
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