Female jihadists are just as ‘motivated’ to build an Islamic State as men – IOTW Report

Female jihadists are just as ‘motivated’ to build an Islamic State as men

FOX- Female jihadists are just as dedicated as their male counterparts when it comes to bringing to life an “Islamic State,” the European Union’s police agency stated Friday.

“Female jihadists are ideologically motivated as their male counterparts and their sense of empowerment lies in contributing to the building of an Islamic state,” Europol surmised in an extensive report titled “Women in Islamic State Propaganda,” adding that there are numerous examples of women who either executed or were intending to execute vicious attacks.

“(This) proves that women are willing to use violence if the ideology allows them to do so,” the report concluded. “For now it is not yet their role, but this balance may easily shift according to the organization’s strategic needs and developments on the ground.”

Europol figures show that around 15 percent of individuals convicted on jihadi terrorism-related charges in the European Union last year were female, and the often murky role that women do play in ISIS has become a particular cause for concern as foreign governments are being pressed to allow terrorists’ wives and their families to return to their homeland having fled abroad to Iraq and Syria.

“Women are as ideologically motivated, if not more so, than men,” Anne Speckhard, director of the Study of Violent Extremism (ICSVE) and Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown University, told Fox News. “This is because women in groups like ISIS and al Qaeda often have fewer combat roles and more supportive roles so they fall into learning and spreading this virulent ideology to others—primarily their children and other women, and are also often very active as Internet recruiters. read more

8 Comments on Female jihadists are just as ‘motivated’ to build an Islamic State as men

  1. Just finished watching “Bodyguard” on Netflix – a series of 6 episodes, based in the UK (another reason for no longer wanting to visit there). Over the course of the series, it shows how the female jihadist gets away with everything because she looks like a victim. Also, the female heads of the London Police and Security Divisions, as well as the Home Secretary are “bitches on wheels”. As a conservative woman, I am glad that I am now retired and do not have to work in such toxic environments any more.

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  2. Big Momma… thanks for the heads up. I was going to order this from Amazon but not now. Thanks.
    The reviews at Amazon praised this as excellent but no one mentions the muslim jihadist angle. I thought it was an english detective show.

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  3. if a woman is an extremist Muslim she’ll be just as dangerous,
    if not more so, then a man. I think 15% is too low and the first major human bombing in the west can be proved to have been committed by woman Muslim jihadist then off come the habibs. By law.

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  4. Having had one’s clitoris gouged out at the age of 14, and therefore never having had an orgasm, would make a woman a little testy. Premature dried-up old maids.

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  5. Women are as ideologically motivated, if not more so, than men

    Why… why… that just… can’t be!

    Conservative wymyn. Not feminist wymyn. Judeo-Christian wymyn. They hate feminism. And abortion. And plutocratic theft of wages (none dare call this wave… well, none dare call it). Just ask them… or not… they’ll still tell you. They’re not trying to kill baby murderers. They’re not trying to overturn feminism. They’re not trying to… well, anything… radical… at all.

    How? Oh how? Can it be that (someone claims that) women who, truly, believe what they say, will, actually, act on that belief? That’s… that’s… just… madness!

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