British Girls Flock to Syria to Marry ISIS Fighters

According to the MailOnline news, hundreds of British school girls have left the UK over the past months to become Jihadi brides in Syria. Most of these are young Muslim women seeking to get married to militant husbands or “holy warriors” fighting on the frontline in Syria and Iraq. Arrangements for marriage are usually made via social networks or dating sites dedicated to Islamic Jihadists like the ‘Jihad Matchmaker’. The marriage arrangements are carried out under strict Sharia law. Here are the facts:

Shamima Begum, Kadiza Sultana, Salma Halane, Zahra Halane and Asqa Mahmood

·         Eight school girls from the UK have left for Syria in the past 6-7 months.

·         Hundreds of British women have made marriage proposals to Jihadist fighters on the internet.

·         Three British school girls (Shamima, Kadiza and Amira) left for Syria last month after boarding a flight to Turkey.

·         Recruitment for Jihadi brides is done via specialized dating sites, social networks and ground agents who visit Europe.

·         One European Jihadist who is fighting in Syria has been receiving hundreds of proposals from women around the world.

·         Salma and Zahra Halane, who left the UK in June 2014 are believed to be the first British school girls to become Jihadi brides in Syria.

·         Salma and Zahra Halane are now widowed. Their husbands got killed on the frontline in Iraq.

·         Salma and Zahra were intelligent high school students with excellent grades in 28 GCSE subjects.

·         Salma and Zahra left for Syria soon after finishing A’ Level lower sixth form. They wanted to be doctors.

·         Last year in October, two British teenage girls (Yusra and Samya) left their homes in the UK for Syria, after taking a flight to Turkey.

·         About 60 young British women are believed to be staying in Syria, married to ISIS fighters.

·         Yusra Hussein, an A’ Level student left for Syria last year when she was 15, she told them she is going for a trip and that was the last time they saw her. This year, she informed her friends via social media that she is now married to an ISIS fighter.

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Source – MailOnline UK