Topic > Article by Katrin Behold on jihadists and female power...

Men are less likely to be criticized or banished from their community if they were to do something wrong, but for a woman there would be serious consequences such as expulsion from their religion. Women are not even allowed to exercise in public because it would be inappropriate for young women to reveal their figure through clothing while engaging in physical activity, many Islamic leaders consider this sexually attractive to men. Young women and girls in general are particularly vulnerable to radicalization and recruitment by ISIS, due to the fact that their community imposes so many laws on women. Islamic leaders tend to care more about their values ​​based on how they think a young woman should act based on their customs and beliefs towards their religion, completely forgetting how women might feel towards this. These bright young girls leaving their homes to travel to Syria to join ISIS was no coincidence at all, having had everything strategically planned and organized for months. We had no idea that these girls would plan something like this