عنوان

'Picking a Side,' The Western Muhajirat of ISIS: What the Women Want, What ISIS Wants with Them, and What Western Governments Can Do About It

شماره

TL49012

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

'Picking a Side,' The Western Muhajirat of ISIS: What the Women Want, What ISIS Wants with Them, and What Western Governments Can Do About It

نام عام مواد

[Thesis]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Katherine M. Kelley

نام ساير پديدآوران

Spear, Joanna

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

The George Washington University

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2016

نام خاص و کميت اثر

109

متن يادداشت

Committee members: Jensen, Michael

متن يادداشت

Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-369-14092-7

جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن

M.A.

نظم درجات

Security Policy Studies

کسي که مدرک را اعطا کرده

The George Washington University

امتياز متن

2016

متن يادداشت

While foreign fighters have been prevalent in many previous conflicts, approximately 10-12% of the individuals traveling to join the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) from western countries have been women. This adds a new dimension to the conflict with ISIS that has not previously been witnessed in other Islamic extremist organizations. The first part of this work focuses on why these western women, or Muhajirat as they refer to themselves, have decided to join ISIS, dispelling the notion that they are drawn merely for romantic reasons or to become 'jihadi brides.' The motivations for these women are often times more complex. They can range from personal motivations, such as feeling isolated in the west for their religion, to ideological motivations, such as concern over the plight of fellow Muslims in the world. After looking at the reasons why western women are interested in joining ISIS, this paper then focuses on the reasons why ISIS is attempting to recruit these women. ISIS's statements indicate that women are still not permitted to participate in direct combat operations. There are, however, four support roles that women, and particularly western women, can provide to ISIS: they contribute to more western media coverage for the group, they contribute to a sense of 'normalcy' in the ISIS Caliphate, they provide necessary medical and educational skills to the organization, and they can assist in further radicalizing their ISIS husbands. The final section of this paper then provides an overview of the government programs that have been implemented by the United States and the United Kingdom (as two examples) to combat the flow of individuals traveling from their countries to join ISIS. While these programs are diverse, few of them are gender specific even though studies have shown that women can provide a moderating voice in communities that may be prone to radicalization.

موضوع مستند نشده

Womens studies; Middle Eastern Studies; International Relations

اصطلاح موضوعی

Social sciences;Foreign fighters;ISIS;Muhajirat;Syria;Western women

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Gorman, Brandon Chase

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Spear, Joanna

تقسيم فرعي

Security Policy Studies

مستند نام تنالگان تاييد نشده

The George Washington University

شماره بازیابی

1840192933; 10159100

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Thesis]

کد کاربرگه

276903

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y