understanding of islam. reporter: benotman s risk would leave him vulnerable to attack. but after 2 1/2 years, it paid off. more than a simple peace agreement, the libyan jihadists issued their manifesto. more than 400 pages of complex religious arguments that challenge, point by point, the very justifications al qaeda uses to recruit young men to violence. translator: i have over 20 years experience in the libyan islamic fighting group. reporter: this prisoner, tariq durman, was picked up in jordan, where he was a commander running a cell. he d previously fought in afghanistan. hid out in suzanne sedan sudan yemen. reporter: we came to the conclusion that fighting skprinls was not the way forward. to start with, he book withed at sharia law, and there is no evidence in the koran or in the