Jihadi John: Father accuses Mohammed Emwazi of being a 'dog' and 'terrorist'

According to a report by Telegraph, the father of Mohammed Emwazi described his son as a "dog, an animal and a terrorist" and revealed he begged his parents for forgiveness before joining and becoming Jihadi John, the Daily Telegraph can disclose.

But instead of forgiving him, Jassem Emwazi, 51, told his son that he hoped he would be killed after he said he was going to Syria “for jihad” in 2013.

Mr Emwazi's views on his son were made plain in an emotional phone call he made to a colleague to explain his absence from his job as a storekeeper in Cooperative supermarket depot in an isolated rural area around 12 miles from Kuwait's border with Iraq.

The colleague, Abu Meshaal, 40, Mr Emwazi was in tears during Monday's conversation, in which he described the identification of his son as the hooded executioner filmed beheading seven British, American and Japanese hostages as a "catastrophe" for his family.

"He was very emotional and crying the whole time," said Mr Meshaal. "He said, 'my son is a dog, he is an animal, a terrorist. He said he had talked to him a lot trying to persuade him to return to his personal life but that the son didn't listen to him. He said, 'To hell with my son'."

Mr Emwazi told the colleague that he had emphatically rejected his eldest son during a phone call in 2013 from Turkey when he had asked his parents' blessing for a trip to Syria to fight as a jihadist.

"Mohammed called his father and said 'I'm going to Syria to fight jihad, please release me and forgive me for everything'," Mr Meshaal said. "Jassem said, "f*** you. I hope you die before you arrive in Syria."

Mr Emwazi, who was interrogated by Kuwaiti investigators on Sunday, said he felt so ashamed of his son that he no longer wanted to come to work or even leave his house in al-Oyoun.

"He said he cannot come back to work because he felt so shy of other people," said Mr Meshaal. "He is sitting home and cannot even go to the mosque to pray because he is ashamed of his son. He doesn't want people to see him, so he is praying at home."

Mr Meshaal's account echoed comments made by another unnamed colleague to Kuwait's Qabbas newspaper, in which Mr Emwazi was reported to have expressed concern about his son long before his identity as a killer became internationally known.

"All I know is that he was talking about his son whose behaviour he was not able to control," the anonymous colleague said. "He was so tired and kept on repeating that my son is not a good son.”

Bosses at the Kuwaiti Co-op have reportedly told Mr Emwazi that he is not being held responsible for his son's deeds and that he is free to return to work.

The Kuwait authorities are also understood to have voiced no objection to him continuing to work with the Co-op, where he has been employed since 2013.

He has not reported for work since last Friday, the day after his son was publicly identified as Jihadi John in the international media.

Mr Emwazi earns around £658 pounds per month, a sum which is said to barely cover his rent.

He commutes 30 miles from his home to work in the depot – situated in a remote desert region – every day in a battered Toyota, said Mr Meshaal, He described Mr Emwazi as a "respectable and polite" man who used his proficiency in English to get along with the 60-strong workforce's various nationalities, which includes Bengalis and Egyptians.

He is reported to have held a second job as a driver, translator and guide for Kuwaiti nationals who visit London as tourists or to undergo medical treatment. His last visit to London was on a two-week holiday in November 2013.

His wife, Ghania, is understood to be living in London, while Mr Emwazi lives in Kuwait with his daughter, Asma, a sister and his mother.

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