Friday, December 19, 2014

Young British women being groomed as 'jihadi brides'


Young British women are being groomed online and offered cash incentives such as free travel to become "jihadi brides" according to an investigation in The Times.

The paper's three-month investigation, published without reporter bylines for security reasons, found that women as young as 17 are being offered cash to travel to Syria and marry fighters.

Journalists posed as two students, "Aisha", aged 17 and "Fatima", aged 19, to uncover how terrorists are using similar online techniques as paedophiles to attract British teens. The reporters found they were subjected to a barrage of online engagement, where friendship and a strong sense of community and identity was offered in return for betrayal and defection. Read more

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