Islamic State Needs Women
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on September 22nd, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
Islamic State Needs Women
Months after declaring an Islamic caliphate, Islamic State is seeking women. In Internet posts and social media messaging, the extremist Sunni militants are recruiting women to marry their fighters and have children, part of a larger strategy of state-building. “They are treating the Islamic State as a country that needs women,” said Rita Katz, director of the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors online activity by militant organizations. “The message is: ‘You are coming to marry someone immediately and have kids and cook.'”