Recruiting for Jihad

Recruiting for Jihad is a 2017 documentary film offering a close-up look at Ubaydullah Hussain, the Norwegian former spokesperson of the Salafi-jihadist group Profetens Ummah.

For a three-year period, directors/journalists Adel Khan Farooq and Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen film Hussain's everyday activities promoting Jihadism until Norwegian authorities suddenly arrest him for providing material support of terrorism by recruiting for ISIS.

Several Norwegian press associations reacted, claiming protection of journalistic sources.

On April 4, 2016 this verdict was awarded the Columbia Global Freedom of Expression Prize in 2015.

The documentary was planned to air in 2015, but due to the seizure and subsequent trial Rolfsen was forced to halt the production.