Islamic State (IS) has been successful in recruiting quite a few British-Bangladeshi women, reports BBC Bangla.
The women are being recruited online, only to serve as sex slaves to the IS men, the BBC report said on January 30.
It investigates the reasons behind these women for running off to war stricken Syria to join the clan.
It has almost been a year since the three British-Bangladeshi teenage
girls fled from their homes in UK to join the extremist group.
Their unsuspecting friends and family were baffled by the sudden
disappearance of the trio who were described as “three regular
schoolgirls” and “straight-A students”.
Shamima Begum, 15, Kadiza Sultana, 16, and Amira Abasi, 15, of
Bethnal Green Academy school living in east London, ran off to Syria
February 17, 2015 to join the terror group under the influence of
another female British member of the group.
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“She texted me saying she was far away and would be a bit late. She
told me not to worry. But she never returned,” BBC Bangla reports
quoting Amira’s grief stricken father.
Like Amira, at least 56 other women from Britain, Glasgow and Bristol
have travelled to Syria to join the extremist group. Youths from all
over Europe have also joined their forces, of which at least 500 youth
are from Britain alone, 10 percent of which are women.
These youths are consciously deciding to join IS after extensive
research and contemplation, says Nikita Mallik, a researcher at the
counter-extremism think tank, Quilliam Foundation Ltd.
“One of the girls from Bethnal Green Academy searched at least 100
jihadist websites,” said Mallik, adding that there are many women in
Britain who have connection with IS. They talk about religion and
women’s role in the society.
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Some of these girls feel invisible or disregarded in the society
or community that they are living in. They get a new found purpose in
the teachings of IS.
They think IS is giving them importance.
They are drawn to believe that they do not need weapons to fight the
war, educating the next generation of jihadists and being the wife of a
jihadist also the responsibility of their religion, the researcher
explained.
Apart from young girls, mothers are leaving their families in the name of IS.
Women begin to believe they are part of a bigger plan and can be a
good Muslim by fighting against the West in a war against Islam.
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They are keeping an equal hand in creating a new state, comments
Mallik in the psychology that drives these women behind their decision.
Researchers say, there are a few women Islamic State members whose
job is to motivate and recruit more women online. They communicate via
different social platforms such as Twitter.
Going to Syria is like a romantic adventure for some of these girls.
They are told meticulously how to secretly collect funds, buy a plane
ticket, and who to contact in their step-by-step travel instructions to
Syria.
They are given a primary idea of their role and responsibilities in the group. They are also promised of marriage.
They are told who they would marry, character traits of their future husband, and whether they would be able to work or not.
Despite the British government’s many initiatives to monitor and take
actions against such recruitment facilities, IS is still active in
bring girls to Syria.
Shamima Begum, 15, Amira Abasi, 15, and Kadiza
Sultana, 16 of Bethnal Green Academy school living in east London, ran
off to Syria on February 17, 2015 to join the terror group under the
influence of another female British member of the group. Photo: BBC
Bangla 
