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The former wife of Paris bomber Ibrahim Abdeslam has broken her silence to say he was a jobless layabout who smoked cannabis 'all day every day', never went to the mosque and had spent time in prison.

Ibrahim, 31, blew himself up outside the Comptoir Voltaire cafe during Friday's terrorist massacre in Paris, injuring three people, but only killing himself.

In an exclusive interview his wife Niama told how during their ill-fated two-year marriage the trained electrician did just one day of work, often smoking three or four joints a day.

Speaking from her home in Moleenbeek, Brussels, Niama, 36, said: 'His favourite activities were smoking weed and sleeping. He often slept during the day. The number of joints that he smoked was alarming.  

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Speaking out: Naima, who did not give her real name for fear of reprisals, has lifted the lid on her two years as the wife of Ibrahim Abdeslam - who blew himself up outside the Comptoir Voltaire cafe on Friday

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Hypocrite: In the two years she was married to the would-be murderer, Abdeslam never went to mosque or prayed - but did keep Ramadam, although only because his family forced him to

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Destruction: The cafe where the 'chilled out' Abselam killed himself - but not anyone else

'Despite his diploma as an electrician, he found no job,' she said. In those two years we were married, he worked a single day. It made him lazy.'

Ibrahim, also known as Brahim, was one of at least eight jihadis behind Friday's atrocities, which left 129 dead and at least 352 injured, while striking fear and terror across Europe.  

Security sources suggest he had accidentally detonated the bomb early, after fumbling with the device as he embarked on a religious 'war' against the west.

Ibrahim's younger brother Salah Abdeslam, 26, is the world's most wanted man after police failed to arrest him when he crossed the border into Belgium after the attacks. Both brothers had been radicalised, the authorities believe.

But this new found religious zeal comes as a surprise to Naima, who did not want to give her second name for fear of her former husband's terrorist associates.

She told MailOnline that her former husband never went to mosque or prayed - although he did keep Ramadan because his family forced him to. 

Because Ibrahim - who, according to his family, had spent a 'long time' in Syria in recent years  - didn't have a job he stayed at home all day watching DVDs and listening to the Arabic hip-hop music they both loved, she said. 

Money was tight for the couple. 'We lived on unemployment benefit which was only €1,000 a month between us so we worried a lot about money. 

'We didn't have children because we didn't have the money to raise them.'

He did not follow current affairs and had no gripe against the west.

'We didn't keep up with the news - we didn't even have a TV,' she said.

Ibrahim had been a troublemaker when he was young, attracting the attention of the police and serving two prison sentences for theft, one for three months and one of six months.

Even before that, he was known to the authorities: as a minor, he set his family home on fire. 

When he finally got a job, running a cafe in Les Beguines in the centre of Molenbeek, where he lived, it became a 'den of iniquity', and was eventually closed down after his drug-dealing ways came to the attention of police.

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Stoner: All the jobless Abdeslam did was 'sleep and smoke weed'. The latter is haram, or forbidden, in Islam. He also served two prison sentences for theft, and drank beer and vodka

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World's most wanted: His brother Salah is now on the run, after also allegedly getting involved in Friday's massacre. He did not attend the couple's wedding in 2006, two years after they first met

Despite his drugs past, Naima speaks only positively of her ex, who she said was 'chilled out' and 'of good character' . He was never violent with her or others, she claimed. 

She said the couple met in a bar in downtown Brussels in 2004 when Ibrahim sat on the next barstool to her and began chatting her up.

Although alcohol is 'haram' or forbidden by Islam, Ibrahim did drank beer and vodka, although not every day.

'From that day on we were always together. He would take me out to a restaurant or to the cinema or we listened to Arabic music. I was happy and in love.'

After two years the couple decided to get married and had a civil non-religious wedding in the town hall for 20 people, followed by a party in a restaurant in the evening.

Strangely, Ibrahim's parents did not attend the wedding nor did his brother Salah, the 26-year-old who was allegedly responsible for 'logistics' for Friday's nights attack.

They were not an especially close family, she claimed. 'They were modern. Everyone had their own life'.

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Disappeared: Their brother Mohamed said after a warrant was issued for Salah that they didn't know where he was. Naima said they were not a particularly close family, and not very religious

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Modern: The killers' mother Yamina is said to be the most progressive, going out for pizza with friends. Slalah, pictured, remains on the run. Police suspect he was involved in the attacks

Ibrahim's father, Abdaramane, a driver on the metro was not very religious and just went to the mosque on a Friday. His mother Yamina is the most progressive, according to Naima. She didn't cook that much and would go out in the evening for pizza with her friends.

The couple split up in 2008 after two years of marriage, although they only got divorced in 2013. 

She said the reasons for the split were private, but they parted on friendly terms. Ibrahim intended to find a new wife, she said.

Since then she has had no contact with Ibrahim or the family and only found out on Monday about his involvement.

'I have no explanation she says. I am shocked. It's possible it was the hash, anything is possible. He never took other drugs like cocaine when he was with me.' 

But while Naima is shocked, even Ibrahim's family admit he had been 'radicalised', while Belgian authorities have said he was on a terror watch list.

According to Mo magazine, the two brothers, and fellow suicide bomber Bilal Hadfi - who blew himself up outside the Stade de France - were among 800 names of suspected extremists held by the OCAD Belgian intelligence service. 

PARIS MASSACRE: WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR ABOUT THE DEADLIEST TERROR ATTACK TO HIT EUROPE IN A DECADE 

At least 129 people are dead, and another 352 injured, after three teams of jihadis struck the Stade de France football stadium, a handful of bars and cafes, and then finally the Bataclan concert hall.

FIRST TWO ATTACKS: STADE DE FRANCE

• The attacks began at 9.20pm at the Stade de France where the French football team was hosting Germany in an international friendly.
• The game was being watched by 80,000 spectators, among them was President Francois Hollande who had to be evacuated from the stadium. 
• Ahmed Almohammad, 25, from Syria approached the stadium with a match ticket. He was turned away from Gate D after being frisked by a security guard.
• He backed away from the gate and detonated his vest, killing one other person. A passport was found near his body.
• A second suicide bomber, Bilal Hadfi, 20, blew himself up near Gate H at 9.30pm. No one else was reported killed. Hadfi is said to have fought with ISIS in Syria.

THIRD ATTACK: LE PETIT CAMBODGE AND LE CARILLON BAR

• At 9.25pm a separate team of gunmen arrived in a Black Seat and attacked diners at popular Cambodian restaurant Le Petit Cambodge and Le Carillon bar in the trendy Canal Saint-Martin area of eastern Paris, killing 15. The gunmen were using Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifles. 

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Timeline of events: Eight terrorists carried out the devastating attacks on Friday night, leaving 129 people dead and another 352 injured

FOURTH ATTACK: LA CASA NOSTRA PIZZERIA AND LA BELLE EQUIPE BAR

• The same unit then drove about 500 yards to La Casa Nostra pizzeria and opened fire on diners on the terrace of the restaurant, killing at least five people.
• From there, the militants drove around a mile south-east – apparently past the area of the Bataclan concert venue – to launch another attack, this time on La Belle Equipe bar in Rue de Charonne. At least 19 people died after the terrace was sprayed with bullets at 9.36pm The attackers then drove off.

FIFTH ATTACK: CAFÉ 'COMPTOIR VOLTAIRE'

• At 9.40pm, Ibrahim Abdeslam, 31, set off a suicide vest inside cafe 'Comptoir Voltaire' on the Boulevard Voltaire and close to the Bataclan theatre. He hired a black Seat car used in the attack, which was found later abandoned with three assault rifles, along with five full magazines. The killers had emptied 11 magazines, firing an estimated 330 rounds. 

SIXTH ATTACK: BATACLAN MUSIC HALL

• At 9.40pm, the third group (believed to be three men and a woman) armed with AK-47s stormed the Bataclan music hall and began shooting members of the crowd. Survivors claim three blew themselves up and a fourth person was shot dead by police before they could detonate their bomb.

SEVENTH ATTACK: NEAR STADE DE FRANCE

• At around 10.15pm a third blast took place near the Stade de France, this time by a McDonald's restaurant on the fringes of the stadium. The boom caused terror among spectators who had already been attempting to flee the stadium following the first two explosions. The attacker who detonated his suicide vest was identified as a 20-year-old French man living in Belgium.