American Women/ISIS

Why American women join ISIS.

December 4, 2015

“Do you have hair dryers, or should I bring one?”

Washington Post

An estimated 4,500 Westerners have ditched home for the Islamic State or other Sunni jihadist groups in Syria or Iraq. Researchers at New America, a nonpartisan think tank in Washington, D.C., collected data on 474 of these cases. They found in news reports an unprecedented number of radicalized women sneaking across borders.

They ask about hair dryers. They’re looking for romance. They’re fans of ISIS, like others are fans of pop stars.

Read full article: by Danielle Paquette https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/11/17/why-young-american-women-are-joining-isis/

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“Women in the caliphate cannot leave their houses without their husband’s permission. Those who lose their spouses in battle are forced to quickly remarry.

Her creator has ruled that there was no responsibility greater for her than that of being a wife to her husband […] girls as young as 9 may marry.

The Post’s Kevin Sullivan recently visited a refugee camp in Jordan, where he met women who said they’d escaped the grasp of the Islamic State. His interviews support evidence that women in the caliphate are second-class citizens.”