The boring truth about life as an Islamic State fighter is surfacing. Source: Supplied

Majeed travelled to Iraq to join the Islamic State group in May only to return home disillusioned after jihadists made him clean toilets and do other menial jobs.

The 23-year-old left for Iraq with three friends in late May, but flew home last week only to be arrested by anti-terror police.

He reportedly told India’s elite National Investigation Agency (NIA) he was sidelined by the jihadists for whom he fetched water and performed other menial tasks such as cleaning toilets, instead of taking part in fighting.

And he is not the only one.

Letters published in a French newspaper last week reveal several of the estimated 376 French fighters with the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) were bored, terrified or otherwise “fed up” with the gruelling reality of their jihad in Syria.

Not only did fighters complain about the winter conditions but one remarked how he was missing the simpler things in life, like his iPod working.

“I’m sick and tired. My iPod doesn’t work anymore,” one recruit wrote. “I have to return.”

Another wrote how he was sick of doing other people’s dirty work.

“I’ve done practically nothing but hand out clothes and food. I also clean weapons and transport dead fighters’ corpses.”

Austrian teenage jihadists. Samra Kesinovic and Sabina Selimovic in a photo they posted online Source: Supplied

Austrian IS poster girls Samra Kesinovic, 17, and Sabina Selimovic, 15 reportedly admitted they had made a huge mistake joining the terror group.

The teens, were said to be fed up with the gruelling and barbaric lifestyle which comes with joining the IS territory.

The young friends believe their lives have been turned completely upside down after becoming accustomed to talking to whoever they wanted, saying whatever they pleased and wearing whatever clothes they liked.

Austrian teenage jihadists. 15-year-old Sabina Selimovic Source: Supplied

Austrian teenage jihadists. Samra Kesinovic, 16 Source: Supplied

They also didn’t like being controlled, according to media reports.

Recently, a former female IS Al-Khansa brigade fighter, the group of women responsible for dishing out brutal punishment for IS, revealed life under their rule is harsh.

The 25-year-old former teacher, known only as Khadija, admitted: “It was something new. I had authority. I didn’t think I was frightening people. But then I started asking myself ‘where am I? Where am I going? I could feel the ties dragging me some place ugly,” she told CNN.

“At the start, I was happy with my job. I felt that I had authority in the streets. But then I started to get scared, scared of my situation. I even started to be afraid of myself.

“I said ‘enough’ I decided no, I have to leave”.

Khadija said extreme brutality ultimately, including a brutal crucifixion, forced her to eventually leave the group before fleeing Syria over the Turkish border.

A former fighter in ISIS’ female unit spoke to CNN about her time with the organisation. Source: Supplied