Women in ISIS

ISIS Women in Court: Marcia M. – A Tactical Admission?
The women who left Germany to join ISIS and returned are standing trial. This CEP blog series follows the trials of some of these female returnees, including Monika K. ( read here ) , Nadine K. ( here and here ), Marcia M. ( here ), and Jennifer W. (...

ISIS Women in Court: Jennifer W. – Taking Responsibility
The women who left Germany to join ISIS and returned are standing trial. This CEP blog series follows the trials of some of these female returnees, including Monika K. ( read here ) , Nadine K. ( here and here ), Marcia M. ( here ), and Jennifer W....

ISIS Women in Court: Jennifer W. – Enslavement Resulting in Death
The women who left Germany to join ISIS and returned are standing trial. This CEP blog series follows the trials of some of these female returnees, including Monika K. (read here ) , Nadine K. ( here and here ), and Marcia M. ( here ). An overview of...

ISIS Women in Court: Nadine K. – Time to Reflect?
The women who left Germany to join ISIS and returned are standing trial. This CEP blog series follows the trials of some of these female returnees. The discussions on Monika K., Nadine K., and Marcia M. can be found here , here , and here . An...

ISIS Women in Court: Marcia M. – A Perfect Cover?
The women who left Germany to join ISIS and returned are standing trial. This CEP blog series follows the trials of some of these female returnees. The first part on Monika K. can be found here , and the second part on Nadine K. here . An overview of...

ISIS Women in Court: Nadine K. – What Role in the Yazidi Genocide?
The women who left Germany to join ISIS and returned are standing trial. This new CEP blog series follows the trials of some of these female returnees. The first part on Monika K. can be found here . An overview of the state of prosecutions in...

ISIS Women in Court: Monika K. – Crowdfunding for the Islamic State?
The women who left Germany to join ISIS and returned are standing trial. This new CEP blog series follows the trials of some of these female returnees. An overview of the state of prosecutions can be found here (available in English and German) and...

Girls in CrISIS
Glasgow girl, Aqsa Mahmoud, wrote on Tumblr from Syria: “The media at first used to [portray] the ones running away to join the Jihad [holy war] as being unsuccessful, [and say that they] didn’t have a future and [came] from broke down families etc...

ISIS’s Wanton War on Women
In mid-December, at least 150 women and girls, some of them pregnant, were executed for refusing to marry or perform sexual acts for ISIS fighters. The women were systematically shot before being dumped into a mass grave in Fallujah, Iraq. According...
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