Thousands of Western women were seduced by IS. They went to Syria. Now researchers have talked to the women about how things actually went with them.
Some women went to IS for religious reasons, to help build the so-called Islamic caliphate. Others were driven by the desire for adventure and the prospect of marrying a handsome foreign warrior. Still others fled social control in their home country. Aftenposten took this picture in the Al-Hol camp in July 2019. Photo: Tor Arne Andreassen
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Women had an important role in the terrorist group that was notorious for beheadings, sex slaves and terrorist attacks: They were to give birth to the next generation of IS fighters.
Professor Brynjar Lia states that the Islamic State (IS) triggered a female “emigration to jihad” without historical parallel.
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