The New York Times is retracting the core of its highly acclaimed podcast series about ISIS, after the man the program relied upon was deemed telling false stories of his participation in the notorious terrorist group.
First released in 2018, the 12-episode podcast “Caliphate” featured the tale of Shehroze Chaudhry, a Canadian national who claimed to have been radicalized to become a jihadist. In 2016, Chaudhry claimed to join ISIS under the name Abu Huzayfah in Syria, where he allegedly performed at least two executions on the terrorist group’s behalf before his departure.
