“It’s a deeply disturbing phenomenon,’’ said Foreign Minister Julie Bishop. But does she have any interest in exploring why it is happening, and coming to grips with the appeal of the concept of the caliphate? Probably not, as that would require acknowledging that the Islamic State had something to do with Islam, and that is something Western governments show no sign of being prepared to do.
“Two Sydney women flee to Syria to become IS jihahi [sic] terror brides,” by Samantha Maiden, The Sunday Telegraph, December 13, 2014:
A TEENAGER and her 20-year-old friend have become the first Australian women to “go it alone” to join terrorists in Syria and offer themselves as potential jihadi brides, intelligence agencies believe.
The girls, Hodan, 18 and Hafsa, 20, who are believed to have links with the Somali community, flew out of Sydney in the past fortnight to go overseas and are believed to have lied to their families about why they were travelling. The Sunday Telegraph has chosen not to publish their last names.
While there have been numerous cases of young Australian men being radicalised by Islamic State recruiters and women joining their husbands or boyfriends in the Syrian war zone, this is the first case of young women travelling independently to travel to the war zone.
If they travel to Islamic State’s stronghold in northern Syria, the province of al-Raqqa, the pair will face a jail term of up to 10 years if they ever return to Australia.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said fresh reports of teenagers travelling to the region was of great concern.
“It’s a deeply disturbing phenomenon,’’ she said. “We are now seeing examples of young women being radicalised and travelling to Syria and Iraq to take part in fighting for listed terrorists organisations.”
Ms Bishop recently declared the area a “no-go zone” under foreign fighters laws, making it a criminal offence to travel to the region without a good reason.
Islamic State has issued a worldwide recruitment drive to secure brides for jihadists [sic] fighters….
Daphne Donges says
Wow are these two in for a surprise! A nasty one at that! They are trading relative freedom for slavery. Just as the two European girls want to go back home, so these two will also be wishing that they had stayed in Australia. I pity them.
Jae M says
They have no doubt romantic fantasies of becoming Jihad brides. The reality will sicken them.
Salah says
“.. join terrorists in Syria and offer themselves as potential jihadi brides,..”
Translation: “..as potential jihadi whores.”
Even little Aisha knew better; when Khaula (Muhammad’s maternal aunt) offered herself to him, Aisha knew that Khaula was just another whore!
Narrated Hisham’s father:
Khaula bint Hakim was one of those ladies who presented themselves to the Prophet for marriage*. ‘Aisha said, “Doesn’t a lady feel ashamed for presenting herself to a man?” (Bukhari 7.62.48)
http://crossmuslims.blogspot.com/2012/10/khaula-muhammads-aunt.html
particolor says
And the SFB’s will come back here as Fat as Seals with a Little Mohammed inside for us to keep on Welfare until they are olds enough to join ISIS !!
PJG says
Julie Bishop gave, with all due submission, $2m of taxpayers’ money towards the Islamic Museum, which is full of lies.
particolor says
Please tell Me Your Joking !!
And I thought we were BROKE ??
particolor says
I was just told by a friend on another site that it was Julia Gillard that done the Giving ?? Anyhow I think its Disgusting !!
particolor says
Please tell Me Your Joking !!..
And we are supposed to be broke ??
Angemon says
And i doubt it will be the last…
dumbledoresarmy says
Two gone. With any luck they won’t come back.
Hundreds of thousands yet to go…
And not all Aussies are fooled by all the BS about it having nothing to do with Islam.
Take a look at this Telegraph (Aussie) columnist; then gladden the cockles of your heart by reading the Comments.
http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/timblair/index.php/dailytelegraph/comments/uncle_islam_wants_you/
He’s talking about the fact that the reason that the number of known Aussie-passport-holding muslims waging Jihad in Syria and Iraq is hovering around 70, is not because that’s all that’s gone; it is, rather, because they are keeping on going and they are keeping on getting killed (the score board, apparently, at the moment, stands at 20 deceased wannabe jihadis).
A typical comment (there are lots and lots and lots in similar vein):
David of Emerald (Reply)
Fri 12 Dec 14 (05:29am)
“While I don’t have any problem with loss of bludjahideen (gotta love that word) I was wondering if this new export has been halal certified? Surely there must be some way for the halal certification scam to make even more money out of these exports.”
And this one:
Mystery Meat (Reply)
Fri 12 Dec 14 (06:18am)
“Hey ABC and Greens you need to get onto this. Live Terrorists Exports.
I take it they are Halal certified?”
And this:
dweezy2176 of Prairiewood (Reply)
Fri 12 Dec 14 (07:46am)
“I love a good news story. Happy to pay for a few tickets.”
And this:
Michael of Five Dock (Reply)
Fri 12 Dec 14 (08:05am)
”
Socio-economic net gain to Australia.
Otherwise what a human tragedy, the families, etc….oh, never mind.”
Indeed, the rumblings at grassroots level, getting slowly but steadily louder, *are* starting to get through to our politicians.
See *this* story:
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/australian-jihadists-arriving-and-dying-at-same-rate-in-middle-east-asio-20141211-12584u.html
Australian jihadists arriving and dying at same rate in Middle East: ASIO
“The government’s policy of cancelling passports came under fire from Queensland Liberal-National Senator Barry O’Sullivan, who said most ordinary voters would rather the government let them go.
“If I’ve got a frustrated terrorist, my preference would be to have the frustrated terrorist somewhere else other than within Australia,” he told the committee.
(Word to that, mate – dda)
‘Senator O’Sullivan said “most freethinking voters” felt that if people were suspected of being terrorists they should be arrested or, if there was not sufficient evidence to arrest them, they should be allowed to travel.
‘He said Australians were worried about “frustrated” extremists returning to the suburbs after being prevented from travelling.
“The average punter would be happy for you to let them go, in fact encourage them … That’s the mood down here in punter land,” he said.
(And, mate, out here in punter land, there are also more and more of us who don’t just want to let the b*st*rds pzz off back to the dar al islam in droves; what’s *really* important is to a/ stop them from EVER being able to get back in, and b/ to not import even *one* more Muslim on top of the ones we’re already afflicted with – dda)
Starting-to-get-a-clue Senator O’Sullivan is not alone, either. There’s *another* Federal Senator who is on the same track, and in a different report – which so far has only appeared in print-on-paper, not online – he too piped up, in the same session, backing up Senator O’Sullivan.
I quote, from the newspaper – ‘A second Queensland senator, Ian Macdonald, echoed Senator O’Sullivan’s remarks,
‘saying, “Some would say that it’s better to let them go rather than have them confined to Australia”.”
You got it, mate. Let them go. But the all-important next step is..to NOT let them come back in!
So I now address my fellow Aussie jihadwatchers. We have, it seems, two Senators who are beginning to *think*. They are listening to worried Aussies who are -rightly – worried about having potential rapists-and-beheaders living next door.
Time for us to get behind those two Senators and PUSH.
particolor says
I posted a Letter to them in the Black Letter Box on the corner ! And the Letter Box Slapped Me ??
saw says
If they want to go to hell, then let them. Nobody forced them to. Yes?
Oliver says
Perhaps they will meet the two Italian girls who sneaked into Syria, ostensibly to work in some charity. (I don’t believe that). (For which numerous people blasted my comments). (With the Internet, and stories, even a few months ago, it had to be deliberate). same with these two.
As said by Double— and ‘saw says” – hopefully they will not return ( to a civilized country).