How did we go from the closed circle of collaborators of Bin Laden and Al Qaeda to the tens of thousands of "foreign" fighters of ISIS? Are Europeans who leave their homes and families to join the ranks of terrorists in Syria and Iraq unintegrated and socially excluded? Did the failure of multiculturalism create Islamic fundamentalism? Will the creation of a mosque in Greece attract massive waves of Islamist terrorists? Do Greece's traditional relations with Arab countries protect us from a potential ISIS attack? Does ISIS intend to expand the "Caliphate" to Greece? Are refugees terrorists? These are some of the questions that the book "Kill Me, My Love, So I May Sanctify" attempts to answer or even deconstruct.

“Without any intention of exaggeration, this brief volume regarding the phenomenon of the Islamic State (IS) and its implications for European Security and Greece represents a truly valuable contribution to understanding one of the strongest and most dangerous challenges facing Europe in general and Greece in particular.” (From the foreword by P.K. Ioakeimidis)

“The new book by our collaborator Triantafyllos Karatrantos on the Islamic State, European security, and Greece from the perspective of radicalization is a significant and innovative approach, constituting an important contribution to the field of research.” (From the introductory note by Omar Ramadan)

Triantafyllos Karatrantos was born in 1982 and hails from Atalanti, Fthiotida. He is an international relations expert specializing in security and foreign policy issues. He is a PhD candidate on issues of new and asymmetric threats and European Security and has studied international relations and European studies at the University of Aegean, the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and the University of Trier.

Since 2012, he has been a Professor at the National Security School in the areas of Migration and Security, Intercultural Policing, Radicalization, and Community Policing. He is a scientific collaborator at KEMEA and since 2005, when he won his first funding from the Youth Program, he has been engaged with European and national funding for research and educational programs.

He holds a degree in journalism and communication and a degree in Harmony. He is a member of the RAN-LOCAL Working Group on the role of local communities and local government authorities in preventing radicalization and extremism and is a certified trainer in radicalization issues from the European Commission’s RAN Network Center of Excellence. He is a member of the Society for Terrorism Research.

In recent years, he has focused on educational programs for frontline professionals and law enforcement. He regularly writes for the newspaper Ta Nea and is a member of the Editorial Board of the periodic review The Books’ Journal. He has participated in a series of conferences, workshops, working groups, and schools on security issues, and has given speeches and presentations in Greece and abroad. His articles have been published in Greek and international scientific journals. His book Before the Memorandum, You Did Not See (2013) is also published by Epikentro Publications.