Former Hostage Held by Al Qaeda Describes 6-Year Ordeal in the Sahara

By CHRISTINA ANDERSON from NYT World http://ift.tt/2wNC8sU
via IFTTT Johan Gustafsson, a Swede kidnapped at gunpoint in Timbuktu, Mali, by Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in 2011 and recently freed, tells of his captivity and his conversion to Islam.