US teenager suffers identity crisis, ditches ISIS for the love of pizza

New York: Expressing his love for pizza, a teenage ISIS sympathiser from US has said that he is ditching the dreaded Islamic State group and would no more think of becoming a terrorist.

Identified as Imran Rabbani, the 17-year-old said that he is shifting his focus from extremism to the kitchen.

A day before he made the choice, he was sentenced to 20 months in prison after being accused of menacing a counter-terrorism detective.

While he was undergoing a trial in the court, he told the judge that he suffered from identity crisis after spending time with a man named 'Saleh', who was already radlicalised by ISIS.

"Although I can't change the past and stop myself from doing what I did, I can and do take responsibility for my actions and learn from them," Rabbani was quoted in a Mirror report.

Rabbani told the judge that he had a passion for culinary arts, especially for pizza and intended to learn traditional recipes from his culture.

Rabbani plans to take up studies, attend college and open a restaurant in the future.