Dozens of ISIS defectors explained why they left the terror army
He also told CBS news that he did not find the methods medieval.
"It's harsh, it's real but it's the Sharia," he said.
Eventually though he grew disillusioned with the group because he did not approve of the killing of non-combatants such as aid workers and journalists. But he also said that his main reason for leaving was that he was not doing what he had come to do: give Syrians humanitarian help.
"It had become something else - so, therefore, no longer justified me being away from my family," Ibrahim told CBS news.
Many defectors just got bored with what they saw as favoritism by commanders toward some fighters, and felt that the life of a jihadi was less exciting than what they had seen in the propaganda videos. Others, who joined because of the promise of luxury items, cars or having their debt paid off, came back as it got clearer that those were empty promises, the AFP reports.
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The report also urges governments to protect ISIS defectors in a bid to incentive them to speak out as reports of their experience could be used as a "potentially powerful tool in the fight against it. The defectors' very existence shatters the image of unity and determination that ISIS seeks to convey," the report says.
According the Peter Neumann, the director of the center and professor of security studies at King's College,a lot of people are becoming more confident in speaking out against the caliphate as ISIS' shininess is wearing off, and it's starting to look less impressive."
The report acknowledges that many of the defectors may have committed crimes but it also said that governments should "remove legal disincentives" that deter defectors from going public and should try to resettle them rather than imprison them.
The full study is expected to be published on Monday.