http://en.wikialpha.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Edgar_Da_Costa&feed=atom&action=historyEdgar Da Costa - Revision history2024-03-29T06:44:43ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.26.2http://en.wikialpha.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Edgar_Da_Costa&diff=200739&oldid=prevGeo Swan: first draft2019-03-17T00:52:35Z<p>first draft</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Edgar Da Costa''' is a citizen of [[Portugal]] who has fallen under suspicion of being recruited by [[Daesh]].<ref name=observador2015-11-18/><br />
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Da Costa earned a degree in business management.<ref name=observador2015-11-18/> He moved to London after graduation, where he converted to [[Islam]].<ref name=expresso2014-10-01/><br />
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He was joined by his younger brother [[Censo Rodrigues Da Costa]], and three friends, [[Fábio Poças]], [[Nero Patrício Saraiva]] and [[Sandro Monteiro]].<ref name=observador2015-11-18/> The five friends shared expenses, and an apartment, and, the other four men also converted to Islam. <br />
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==References==<br />
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<ref name=expresso2014-10-01><br />
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| url = http://multimedia.expresso.pt/jihad/PT/matar-e-morrer/<br />
| title = MATAR E MORRER, JIADISTAS, LONDONISTÃO, CAMPOS DA MORTE<br />
| work = [[Expresso (Portugal)]]<br />
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| date = 2014-10-01<br />
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| location = [[London]]<br />
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| language = Portugese<br />
| transtitle = Kill and die, Jihadists, Londonistan, Fields of Death<br />
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150902234202/http://multimedia.expresso.pt/jihad/PT/matar-e-morrer/<br />
| archivedate = 2015-09-22<br />
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<ref name=huffingtonpost2014-09-19><br />
{{cite news <br />
| url = https://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-dorsey/syrian-jihadists-employ-s_b_5179882.html<br />
| title = Syrian Jihadists Employ Soccer as Propaganda and Recruitment Tool<br />
| work = [[Huffington Post]]<br />
| author = James Dorsey<br />
| date = 2014-09-19<br />
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140421122939/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-dorsey/syrian-jihadists-employ-s_b_5179882.html<br />
| archivedate = 2014-04-21<br />
| accessdate = 2019-03-16<br />
| deadurl = No <br />
| quote = Jihadists, often eager to exploit soccer for their ideological goals, have found a new way of employing the game for propaganda and recruitment purposes. A recent jihadist video suggested that an apparent Portuguese fighter in Syria was a former French international who had played for British premier league club Arsenal.<br />
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<ref name=gatestoneinstitute2014-09-14><br />
{{cite news <br />
| url = https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4697/portugal-jihadists<br />
| title = Portugal's Jihadists<br />
| work = [[Gatestone Institute]]<br />
| author = Soeren Kern<br />
| date = 2014-09-14<br />
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| quote = The Portuguese newspaper Correio da Manhã reported that Costa, a son of immigrants from Guinea-Bissau, a former Portuguese colony in West Africa, was born in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon and was raised in the nearby town of Sintra. At age 20, Costa moved to England to study. "It was there that he joined the Islamic cause," the paper stated.<br />
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<ref name=mirror2014-04-05><br />
{{cite news <br />
| url = http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/arsenal-jihadist-ex-footballer-abu-issa-3376223<br />
| title = Former Arsenal footballer 'joins Jihadi fighters waging war in Syria'<br />
| work = [[The Mirror (UK)]]<br />
| author = Josh Layton<br />
| date = 2014-04-04<br />
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140405053142/http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/arsenal-jihadist-ex-footballer-abu-issa-3376223<br />
| archivedate = 2014-04-05<br />
| accessdate = 2019-03-16<br />
| deadurl = Yes<br />
| quote = But his words, spoken in English in a heavy Portuguese or southern European accent, contain a message of hatred far removed from the world of sport.<br />
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| url = https://observador.pt/2015/11/18/quem-sao-os-jihadistas-portugueses-do-estado-islamico/<br />
| title = Quem são os jihadistas portugueses do Estado Islâmico?<br />
| work = [[Observador]]<br />
| author = Maria Catarina Nunes<br />
| date = 2015-11-18<br />
| language = Portugese<br />
| transtitle = Who are the Portuguese jihadists of the Islamic State?<br />
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20171208161755/http://observador.pt/2015/11/18/quem-sao-os-jihadistas-portugueses-do-estado-islamico/<br />
| archivedate = 2017-12-08<br />
| accessdate = 2019-03-16<br />
| deadurl = No <br />
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| url = https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2925804/Five-footballers-east-London-quit-UK-transfer-ISIS-Syria-linked-Jihadi-John.html <br />
| title = Five footballers from east London who quit UK to transfer to ISIS in Syria linked to Jihadi John <br />
| work = [[Daily Mail]]<br />
| author = Jack Crone<br />
| date = 2015-01-25<br />
| archiveurl = <br />
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| quote = Celso is thought to have followed his older brother, Edgar, to Syria in 2012. <br />
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<ref name=hurriyetdailynews2015-02-02><br />
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| url = http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/football-clubs-used-as-tool-to-recruit-jihadists-77740<br />
| title = Football clubs used as tool to recruit jihadists<br />
| work = [[Hurriyet Daily News]]<br />
| author = James Dorsey<br />
| date = 2015-02-02<br />
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| quote = Celso Rodrigues da Costa, whose brother Edgar is also in Syria, is believed to have attended open training sessions for Arsenal, but failed to get selected. <br />
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<ref name=portugalresident2019-03-11><br />
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| url = https://www.portugalresident.com/2014/04/20/portuguese-al-qaeda-terrorists-worry-mi5/<br />
| title = Women married to Portuguese IS fighters stripped of British citizenship<br />
| work = [[Portugal resident]]<br />
| author = Natasha Donn<br />
| date = 2019-03-11<br />
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| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20190316182601/https://www.portugalresident.com/2014/04/20/portuguese-al-qaeda-terrorists-worry-mi5/<br />
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<ref name=TheTimes2015-11-29><br />
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| url = https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/harrods-isis-recruit-brags-of-slaughter-to-celebrate-eid-pn7vt05s0q9<br />
| title = Harrods Isis recruit brags of slaughter to celebrate Eid<br />
| work = [[The Times]]<br />
| author = Dipesh Gadher<br />
| date = 2015-11-29<br />
| archiveurl = <br />
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| quote = Celso Rodrigues Da Costa, 28, laughs as he tells viewers that his version of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha in Syria involves not only sacrificing a sheep but killing a “dirty kafir” as well.<br />
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<ref name=DailyStar2014-04-17><br />
{{cite news <br />
| url = https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/374849/Former-Arsenal-player-who-left-fame-behind-to-become-jihadist-said-to-be-Portuguese<br />
| title = 'Former Arsenal player' who 'left fame behind' to become jihadist said to be Portuguese<br />
| work = [[Daily Star (UK)]]<br />
| author = Tom Rawle<br />
| date = 2014-04-17<br />
| archiveurl = <br />
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| accessdate = 2019-03-16<br />
| deadurl = No <br />
| quote = appeared in a video two weeks ago brandishing an AK 47 gun and urging others to join him as a jihadist in Syria. During the footage, the man spoke with a heavy accent and went under the name Abu Isa Andaluzi. A caption accompanying the video, stated that it was: {{'}}An ex-football player (Arsenal of London), who left everything for jihad.{{'}}<br />
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<ref name=TheGuardian2014-04-14><br />
{{cite news <br />
| url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/16/former-arsenal-player-syria-jihad-portuguese-da-costa<br />
| title = 'Former Arsenal player' in Syria jihad video identified as Portuguese<br />
| work = [[The Guardian]]<br />
| author = Duncan Gardham<br />
| date = 2014-04-14<br />
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| quote = Sources at Arsenal say they do not believe he was a full-time player but he may have attended coaching sessions, when potential players are assessed before signing for the club at the age of 16.<br />
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<ref name=albawaba2018-11-26><br />
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| url = https://www.albawaba.com/editorchoice/ex-wife-former-jihadist-tells-miraculous-escape-terror-clutches-1217896<br />
| title = Ex-Wife of Former Jihadist Tells of Miraculous Escape from Terror Clutches<br />
| work = [[Al Bawaba]]<br />
| date = 2018-11-26<br />
| archiveurl = <br />
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| accessdate = 2019-03-16<br />
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| quote = In 2010 Iqbal was introduced to Celso Rodrigues Da Costa, a Islamic convert, who asked her is she wanted to marry him.<br />
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<ref name=telegraph2019-02-14><br />
{{cite news <br />
| url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/02/14/dispatch-not-one-says-british-woman-begging-come-home-syrias/<br />
| title = Dispatch: 'I am not one of them', says British woman begging to come home from Syria's 'Camp of Death' <br />
| work = [[The Telegraph (UK)]]<br />
| author = Josie Ensor<br />
| date = 2019-02-14<br />
| location = [[Al Hawl, Syria]]<br />
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20190315040421/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/02/14/dispatch-not-one-says-british-woman-begging-come-home-syrias/<br />
| archivedate = 2019-03-15<br />
| accessdate = 2019-02-25<br />
| deadurl = No <br />
| quote = Reports suggest her husband Celso Rodrigues Da Costa, a former Harrods sales assistant, appeared in Isil propaganda videos and was a member of a notorious cell involved in the kidnapping and murder of western hostages.<br />
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