Father of the Prophet ISIS fighter pleads

John Letts is asking for the federal government to help his British-Canadian son Jack Letts, an ISIS fighter who is being held by Kurdish forces in Syria.

In an interview with CTV's Power Play, Let's say he'd be "the first to condemn him" if his committed any criminal acts.

Jack Letts crossed into ISIS-held territory in Syria back in 2014 and was subsequently nicknamed "Jihadi Jack" by British media. He's been imprisoned without charge for 18 months.

His father says he is innocent and has written to members of Parliament and Global Affairs Canada.

Letts said his had been traveled to Kuwait to study Arabic and Islamic studies and converted to Islam. But Jack Letts eventually became bothered by the "horrors" of the Syrian civil war he was seen playing on TV and eventually traveled there.

"He was adamantly reading the Koran and saying it was the duty of every Muslim to help other Muslims, if they can," Let's explain. Oxford, U.K., before ISIS had declared its caliphate so it did not form a lot of its borders.

But once we were in Syria, he knew that anyone looking to escape "could not get out … because ISIS would chop your head off." His father pointed to the incidents in which they were smuggled. town square. "

Two weeks ago, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer blasted the Trudeau government over reports that consular officials initiated contact with Jack Letts – whom Scheer alleged was a "known jihadi fighter" – about coming to Canada.

But Letts Asserts Scheer was simply repeating false "stuff he picked up from the media." Letters said he was going to have all the information he had with Scheer.

According to Letters, Global Affairs Canada has been a victim of "terrible conditions" in the Kurdish prison camps, but said it was too dangerous to move him.

On Tuesday, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said, "People who leave Canada and enter active war zones do so at their own peril.

"When you leave the comfortable confines of Canadian democracy and the world to go to war and badociate yourself with terrorists then you need to bear the consequences of that behavior," he said.

Goodale added Canada was not legally responsible for repatriation.

"No offer of repatriation has been made and there is certainly no deal with the Kurds," he said. "We need to be sure of our reputation and consulates at any risk."

These comments were made in the last days of this week when they also stressed Canadian security and intelligence forces were working with their international counterparts to investigate all Canadians who traveled to Syria, "with the absolute determination to lay charges and to prosecute in every case. "