In the words of Aqsa Mahmood, a young Muslim social media user who blogs regularly:
Aqsa left her family home in Glasgow about a year ago in order to join Isis (Islamic State) and is reportedly now married to a jihadist fighter in Syria. She is not alone. Apparently, there are many young women just like her from the West, leaving their comfortable homes and families in order to pursue their dreams of joining the jihad against the rest of us. Girls and young women from the UK, France, Austria, Germany and the USA have made this journey. Apparently, more have been recruited from France than from any other country — 63 altogether, 25% of the total from Europe. Around 50 girls and young women aged between 16 and 24 are believed to have left the UK and are now based in Syria, especially in the city of Raqqa, a stronghold of Isis fighters. It seems they travel to Turkey and are taken on from there to Syria.
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