Women of Isis

There have been around 550 women who have traveled from Western states to join Isis. One female who goes by Shams, is only 27 years old and probably came from Malaysia. She blogs about her love for Isis and how she found her faith and love through the terrorist group. This may be one of many females who come from Westernized areas and the process of radicalization happens fast. A 15 year old even had typical blogs of a teenage female and then all of a sudden started consistently blogging about Syrian refugees. It is believed that many of these females live in the stronghold of Raqqa and most of the females that are being tracked had a similar process of radicalization. It is interesting to see why women decide to fight in a religious battle like this.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/29/middleeast/who-are-the-women-of-isis/index.html

Dean Hamrick