He spent a lifetime as an academic.

• Rassam owned a marble quarry and is a former teacher at the University of Mosul.

• During the war with Iran in the 1980s, Brother Rassam was granted permission to build a
  bomb shelter beneath his house.

• Bother Rassam is known for his interest in antiquities, so his home was previously
  searched and many blasphemous artifacts were found and destroyed. He was, however, able
  to demonstrate his devotion to ISIL by the signing over ownership of his quarry and
  his two cars.

• Subsequent visits to Rassam’s home found no sign of the shelter. Brother Rassam has yet
  to be confronted with the fact that he failed to point out the shelter’s existence to ISIL
  officials.