The Future of Feminism by ISIS is in the Lap of Women

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AbstractThe phenomenon of female migration to ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria) is in fact an undervalued form of revolution for Muslim women. It is, however, a bitter form of striving for women’s emancipation. By transmitting extremist thoughts in the education of children and on the Internet, women empower their position in a patriarchal environment. The women of ISIS use their traditional role of motherhood to participate in the global jihad. By staying in her own tradition, the mother is the first one to create would-be fighters. Hence, the martyr becomes the mother’s creation. They use the mass weapon of education in a reactionary way to demand their place between the men. The process of jihadism amongst women is multidimensional. Herein lies the girl power that can be considered as a manifest aspect. Women recruit potential supporters of ISIS, translate documents, write poems and give Islamic lectures on the Internet. The phenomenon of female migration to IS can also be seen as a romantic urge to return to the golden era of the Moorish caliphate and even to the beginning of Islam in the 7th century. The women of ISIS make efforts to emancipate, however, by making a U-turn.