Real Wives of ISIS Try to Pull in Other Women for the Brothers

[Rhinodawg]

ISIS has proved to be adept at using social media, and the group’s female followers, particularly those from England, are no exception. Glancing at assorted tweets, Tumblrs, Instagram, Ask.fm pages and Facebook accounts of ISIS supporters, it’s initially tricky to distinguish between the online white noise of 15-year-olds in Wigan, an English town, who want to seem edgy by supporting the group, and genuine followers on the ground.

A closer look, however, shows a cadre of real ISIS followers who have made the hijrah and are leaving an online account of the day-to-day workings of life under ISIS. By adopting more everyday, accessible approach to their posts, the women have carved out a social media niche, composing listicles like “10 Marriage Facts From the Islamic State,” which was published by a blogger who goes by “Bird of Jannah,” referring to the Islamic name for heaven. The list includes details such as how the Euphrates is every newlywed’s favorite date spot, how every ISIS fighter gets seven days off and how ISIS gives newly married couples a gift of $700. Well, that last one was later changed to the more general:

“Dawlah will give money or gifts to every newly-married couple.”

These women broadcast their realities through social media much like anyone of their generation, using the platforms to make sense of their lives by sharing personal details and reflections in public. Their ability to be relatable has made these women a crucial part of the ISIS media machine. And just like their male counterparts, the women are fighting a running battle with the Twitter police, who frequently suspend their accounts


http://www.vocativ.com/world/isis-2/wives-isis-attracting-western-women-syria/

[notadmblnd]

1. Wow! Seven hundred dollars and the opportunity to be oppressed? I'm there.

[riderinthestorm]

3. You forgot the 7 day honeymoon to start your arranged marriage off right!

[notadmblnd]

7. Oh yeah, 7 days in the desert covered in a hot, black cloth garbage sack

I'm getting wet just thinking about it.




For those of you with dirty minds, I was talking about wetness from sweat.

[riderinthestorm]

8. But but.....the Euphrates!!!111!1! Nt

[Rhinodawg]

12. And i'm sure the ISIS men...

smell so nice in their outfits and what women could resist a man with a kalashnikov ak 47.

works for me.

[notadmblnd]

14. Maybe that's why they're sent to the Euphrates for their honeymoon?

To wash their smelly genitals. Gee, I do hope their penises are as big as their guns

[Rhinodawg]

20. I don't even want to think about that.

[VanillaRhapsody]

27. somehow I kinda doubt that......

Now that is an image....and army of men with small penii! Who HAVE to have women arranged bought and or stolen for them...

[flamingdem]

4. Hey, at least it's easy to find a husband there

[Rhinodawg]

9. In West, ISIS Finds Women Eager to Enlist

The young Western Muslims trying to join radical Islamist groups in Syria and Iraq now include increasing numbers of young women who are seeking to fight or to become the wives of fighters. It is a new twist on a recruitment effort that has led several thousand men from Europe and beyond to flock to the battlefield.

In the past week alone, the authorities reported two instances of women and girls trying to get to Syria or take part in jihad. On Wednesday, the British police arrested a 25-year-old woman north of London on suspicion of preparing “terrorist acts” related to the fighting in Syria. Over the weekend, three teenage girls from the Denver suburbs — two sisters of Somali descent and a friend of Sudanese descent — were intercepted as they tried to travel to Syria.

Those were the latest in a series of cases of young Muslim women from the West trying to join militant groups like the Nusra Front or the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, which is waging a campaign to create a caliphate in Iraq and Syria. The largest numbers of Western recruits have come from France and Britain, but others have come from Austria, Belgium and Spain.

For several months, the Islamic State has been making a concerted effort to enlist women and girls. It is deploying female recruiters, producing new publications and creating online forums.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/24/world/europe/as-islamists-seek-to-fill-ranks-more-western-women-answer-their-call.html?_r=0

[notadmblnd]

13. Four females in one week.

Boy, their plan is really taking off.

Though the females may be located in the west, I would hardly refer to fundamentalist Muslim ladies as "western females".



I truly loathe religion for fucking people's minds like this.

[Rhinodawg]

16. Well, we're constantly told we shouldnt judge this religion...

that all religions are the same.

tough not to.

[notadmblnd]

17. I feel the same about all religions

Religion fux people in their heads. Especially fundies of any sort.

[Blue_Tires]

53. Those are just the four that were caught in transit

And I think "Western" females is a euphemism for "Caucasian, preferably with Nordic looks, etc."

There was another story I'd read a couple of weeks back about the professional "wife-hunter" consultants who are tasked to find, vet and interview prospective wives for terrorist leaders in the ME...Of course the "Western" women are the most coveted and bring the highest fees...

[notadmblnd]

56. See, I think it is just the opposite. I think these are children of middle eastern immigrants

They're not stealing the white women.

[Blue_Tires]

57. This is the story I was thinking about:

http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/16/world/agent-storm-excerpt/index.html

[notadmblnd]

59. Croatia would be Eastern European

I really don't think American Women or Western European women will be fighting each other over these Middle Eastern men.

[world wide wally]

25. Wrong finger,ladies

[Rhinodawg]

2. That explains how women get sucked into it.

[seveneyes]

5. Follow their IP and arrest them

No person supporting global terrorists should be allowed freedom in a free society.

[flamingdem]

6. Here's her photo, all in red to connote fun and excitement!

Woo hoo, where can I sign up?

[notadmblnd]

10. I think the red makes her look hootchie

She should be more ashamed of her gender and only display herself in black.

[flamingdem]

11. Just another girls night

There was a video of a woman in Raqqa who was pulled over by an enforcer and told her veil was too transparent, so these might still be too racy for Isis standards.

[notadmblnd]

15. Well I just can't understand why any woman would not want to go through life dressed like that

[Rhinodawg]

19. Welcome to NY--D Train

[cwydro]

22. Medieval. nt

[CJCRANE]

18. It's good to see our tax money put to good use

with the help of our allies.

Now the people of Syria have freedom from the secular state where christians and minorities were respected.

And thanks to the social media platforms that made it possible for them to link up and spread their propaganda.

(sarcasm)

[cwydro]

21. Like PT Barnum said:

There's a sucker born every minute.

[world wide wally]

23. They make it sound so romantic, when it's just the same old murder and mayhem day in and day out.

[Rhinodawg]

28. And some women get turned on by this.

Those 2 Austrian girls apparently were and are now pregnant and stuck in Syria.

[world wide wally]

39. A dream come true

[Kaleva]

26. Marry a guy who wants to dump you for 72 virgins?

[VanillaRhapsody]

30. really....how on earth can a lowly female compete with that?

but I still think one "experienced" woman would be much more fun than 72 or even 7200 virgins!

[Kaleva]

44. 72 different, detailed and long "honey-do" lists is not my idea of paradise.

[VanillaRhapsody]

47. LOL!!!!

[Comrade Grumpy]

29. We might ask why these people are so alienated from the societies in which they live.

And what can be done about that. But that gets messy and complicated.

[flamingdem]

31. I think it's more about identity than alienation

That's a powerful draw, to be a part of a tribe, to belong. People will give it all up for that. Gangs are an example of this - even though people know it will disadvantage them the belonging sucks them in.

[Rhinodawg]

32. I think youre right.

ISIS uses social media to attract disenfranchised young women.

Half of me feels sorry for them. The other half is pissed at the parents.

[flamingdem]

40. Young people are so vulnerable

when they're trying to figure it all out. A one size fits all solution looks pretty good at that point. They don't have a way to conceptualize the downside due to lack of experience. If their families were irrationally strict, which is my take on any Muslim family that insists on retro behavior for women, they're already dealing with lack of grounded religious irrationality, so they don't have solid ground to begin with!

[Ex Lurker]

33. They'll be widows soon

The ISIS fighters are dying like flies. So they'll be alone, and maybe pregnant or with a child, in a strange land where the quasi-caliphate can't keep the lights or water on, but can damn well make sure you wear the Burkha 24-7.

[Rhinodawg]

34. You make it sound like a bad thing.

kidding

[joeybee12]

36. The Real Wives of Isis? Why hasn't Bravo made this a show?

Sleazy enough for them.

[Rhinodawg]

37. Here's the promo...

[joeybee12]

38. Boy, does that make me want to watch it!

What time and day??

[Rhinodawg]

41. It's on the HISTORY channel....

because that's what they will be....history.

[joeybee12]

42. I was going to say A&E

Right after Duck Dynasty

[pinboy3niner]

43. I can't watch it because the commercials for ISIS Mingle are SO annoying. nt

[DCBob]

45. This is one of their tactics to lure young men and women who are lonely and desparate.

Many cults have done the same in the past. It can work but at some point the whole thing collapses like pyramid scheme.

[rollin74]

46. this is the public transportation they have to look forward to

women's bus in ISIS controlled Raqqa

:large

[Rhinodawg]

49. That is really fucked up.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

48. Meh... fifty years ago they would have been running off to join Che™ or the Red Brigades

There are always juvenile dirtbags dreaming about being revolutionaries.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

50. As already imagined by Seth MacFarlane

http://americandad.wikia.com/wiki/Kazim

[Rhinodawg]

51. LOL

[liberal N proud]

52. How do you convince someone to voluntarily submit to a life of oppression?

[Rhinodawg]

54. Apparently $700 and an all expense trip to the Euphrates.

amazing.

[brooklynite]

55. Of course, no OTHER religion would espouse such a philosophy...

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body.…

Ephesians 22

[whatchamacallit]

58. vocatv: unreliable, biased bullshit

like your posts.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocativ