The London girls lost to Isis.

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  • Author(s): Shackle, Samira
  • Source:
    New Statesman. 10/7/2016, Vol. 145 Issue 5335, p13-14. 2p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      ISLAMIC State (Organization); JIHAD; ISLAM & state; WOMEN; MUJAHIDEEN
    • Subject Terms:
      UNITED KingdomReport Available
    • Abstract:
      The article discusses the fates of British citizens and Islamist State (IS) sympathizers Kadiza Sultana, Amira Abase and Shamima Begum. Topics include reference to the travel from Gatwick Airport in London to Istanbul, Turkey and eventually to the Syrian Border to join the Islamist State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants as jihadist brides, straight-A students status at the Bethnal Green Academy in east London as well as former American fighter of Somali origin husband of Sultana.