Meet the american women who are flocking to join isis. The number rises to 27% percent for those aged 1824. But who tried to answer the first question about how many support isis, really. Three british women exposed as isis supporters daily mail online. British documentary exposes uk muslim women supporting. I filmed walking the nile, walking the himalayas, walking over miles with levison wood. Ive filmed for itv exposure and channel 4 dispatches, including isis british women supporters unveiled.
Isiss female members and supporters also recruit other women to join the group and to provide assistance in less direct ways, such as by marrying isis fighters or becoming involved in recruitment. The british women supporters unveiled follows a yearlong undercover operation, conducted by channel 4, during which a young muslim woman infiltrated the group of isis sympathizers. She is shown in this video recorded by kurdish forces in syria who have been detaining her. Isis british women supporters unveiled channel 4 uk 2015 a woman goes undercover to explore the activities of female isis recruiters in the uk. Women, girls isis held describe horrors they endured cbs. See the women who have fled the uk to join isis brutal. The british women supporters unveiled tv movie 2015. I am a capable, robust and quickthinking dv director who can be dropped anywhere in the world and quickly find good stories.
Isis the british women supporters unveiled youtube. French woman faces prosecution in iraq for possible isis. To add some context to that number, french president francois hollande currently has an approval rating of 18%. Scarier still, more than a quarter 27% of french citizens between the ages of 18 and 24 were found to sympathize with isis. Ash ashwin bhardwaj shooting director the talent manager. The british women supporters unveiled and reveals what goes on inside is meetings in the uk capital for the first time. Criminals do not assail women, the document says, for fear of the consequences from isis enforcers. British women filmed urging young girls to join isis.
The program shows how they glorify an extreme islamist ideology and calls on. In 2014, she completed two exchange semesters at the university of lund, sweden. Radicalisation and violent extremism cairo center for conflict. A french official on monday revealed that the jewish girl who left for syria last week was not the only jew to have joined isis, apparently hinting at a, and added that over 1,000 french citizens.
Investigating their activities on social media and infiltrating their clandestine meetings, the undercover reporter discovers the identities of some of the leading female isis sympathisers in britain, who are urging. Radicalisation and violent extremism european parliament. British islamists are trying to get british female muslims to join isis. Dozens of women have left their homes in the west to join isis. During the twelve months infiltrated two muslim reporters a circuit british women who support the islamic state, is. A new sisterhood the allure of isis in syria for young. Isil posts images of women in hijabs with ak47s splayed across toyota trucks on social media. Isis women unveiled terrorism documentary real stories. British women supporters unveiled a 12month extensive undercover investigation into the british women who support isis. Toddler in ireland fights to eat french fry despite being tired. Guidelines for women on how to be the ultimate wives of isis fighters in syria and iraq are now being distributed by the militant groups new media arm the zora foundation is. The british women supporters unveiled which airs on channel 4 tonight at 9pm, also shows women glorifying jihadis and promoting extreme isis ideology both online and. Isis british women supporters unveiled channel 4 uk.
Ladies tea group shut down as women are supporters of evil. British muslim women secretly recruiting for isis and. Inside the chilling online world of the women of isis. Isis supporters appear to behead french captive abc news. Investigating their activities on social media and infiltrating their clandestine meetings, the undercover. British women and islamist extremists have joined forces again, international media reported monday this time, to suppress womens rights in islamic state is. For a year, right up until last month, a brave undercover reporter, named only as aisha, had been. But other muslim women, like sara khan, director of the counterextremism and womens rights organisation inspire and coauthor of the book the battle for british islam. The image of the empowered fighting female jihadi is clearly aimed at recruiting western women.
There has been video footage of french volunteers in alqaedas franchise in s. An estimated 40 women have fled the safety of the uk to join the murderous ranks of daesh where brutal executions, poverty, and violent death are a daytoday reality. Isis manifesto spells out role for women the atlantic. What we know about the girls and women still in syria after the death of kadiza sultana. Isis territory influence and motivate other muslim women to become mobilized online. That 16% is even higher than the % in gaza who were found to view isis favorably, in a similar poll. Thus, this study focuses on the emerging trend of young, british muslim women, being drawn to isiss call to global jihad in syria or iraq.
Sixty british women join is modesty police middle east. Isis sends female supporters to serve as frontline suicide bombers. The share of isis supporters is largest among frances younger generation, a new poll says. Why does a poll from a russian agency claim that 16% of. And the women of isis may find an enthusiastic fan base among isiss many female supporters internationally. So what do their social media posts reveal about who they are and why they made the move. Nazis on drugs ww2 documentary history documentary reel truth history duration. The british women supporters unveiled was shown on channel 4 this evening.
But in english and frenchlanguage propaganda, women are told that they will have an exciting and fulfilling life in the caliphate. The isis crackdown on women, by women the atlantic. The french public also seemed to be on ben arfas side, in contrast to benzema, with 55. The british women supporters of isis who are spouting hate to our teenagers hatefilled female islamic state isis recruiters are operating in britain promising mothers and their. The three british women isis supporters who are spreading. A 12month extensive undercover investigation into the british women who support isis. It would be interesting to hear from the actual french demographic particularly the 1824 yearolds that seem to comprise the highest percentage of isis supporters. A french woman captured in the iraqi city of mosul with her four children is facing possible prosecution in iraq for allegedly collaborating with the islamic state group, in a test case for how governments handle the families of foreign fighters now that the extremists are in retreat. Led by two young female british muslim reporters the. More british women are flocking to join the islamic state militia group in iraq and syria, with many apparently involved in torturing and even ordering the execution of yazidi girls captured as sex slaves.
The british women supporters unveiled and reveals what goes on inside is. British women oversee isis abuse, sexual slavery of yazidi girls 5 dec, 2014. The british women supporters unveiled this 12month undercover investigation penetrates the secret world of the women in the uk who support isis, glorify jihadis, and preach a message of hatred, segregation and extremism. The video appears to be a dark copycat of several beheading videos released by isis showing the deaths of american and british captives in syria.
Ladies afternoon tea group shut down because women are supporters of evil isis a ladies afternoon tea group in east london has been banned from a community centre after its members were. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Hegghammer points to the hundreds of islamist women in europe who express support for. Since several of the women in this book are british the author examines the. No, cnn, women are not joining isis because of kittens. A hardcore of british women who have travelled to syria to join islamic state isis are encouraging other women in the uk to carry out. The women of isis appear to have established networks across social media platforms, which they use to connect with one another and recruit other women.
Up to 15 percent of french people said they have a positive attitude toward the islamic state, formerly known as the islamic state of iraq and the levant. Isis are opportunistic death squads who reserve special cruelty for the vulnerable including women, who they view as little more than expendables for their cause. Right and far right parties often exhibit the isis supporters in france as a scare. In the end, deschamps decided that the french team would be without both benzema and ben arfa this summer, and thus without a player of arab origin in the team. The londonbased group said the captives, including girls aged 1012, faced torture, rape, forced marriage and were sold or given as gifts to isis fighters or their supporters in militantheld. Isis video shows french, russian kids beheading prisoners. Isis released a new video on the fourth of july using child foreign fighters to behead prisoners and threaten the united states, europe and russia while recruiting muslims in. British women oversee isis abuse, sexual slavery of yazidi.
Isis supporters marrying hindu women to spread extremism, indian investigators say by tom porter and reuters on 112617 at 9. An essay last month in the islamic states official propaganda organ, alnaba, sought to rally more women to the fight by invoking a famous female warrior from islams early history. The isis crackdown on women, by women isiss allfemale brigade and the slowly growing role of female jihadis, the atlantic, international. Penetrating the secret isis circles in britain, this undercover investigation exposes the secret circles of british women who support isis. The footage was filmed as part of a chanel 4 documentary called isis. Now, women can wander in souqs and go on pilgrimage without falling foul of criminals, because. Undercover reporters infiltrate a circle of female isis supporters as they try to recruit british women and girls to. The story behind indonesias first female suicide bomber, time, 3 march 2017. Isis sends female supporters to serve as frontline suicide. An icm poll, released by newsweek, revealed that 16% of french muslims support isis. In a period marked both by islamophobia and islamic fundamentalism, jihadist militancy is a phenomenon fraught with complexity and enmeshed both in opposition to western interventions and the ongoing tribulations of the muslim world.
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