Katrin Behold's Article On Jihadists And Girl Power Subculture

Jihadist and Girl Power Subculture
In this recent New York Times’ article, Katrin Behold highlights the motives and complex minds of three young Muslim girls from Bethnal Green, East London. These girls embark on a perilous journey to Syria seeking morality outside of their accustomed religion. Young women of the Muslim religion are beginning to succumb to the direction of Isis, this is due impart to extreme restrictions that are being imposed on them by their community. This leads them to question their faith and religion of belonging in their culture. Rules forced upon them by their strict religious custom leaves them feeling helpless and ignoble in their culture. Double standards and tight restrictions tend to focus more on women than men, putting strain and pressure on women to feel obligated to dress or act a certain way within their community. Men are allowed

Men are least likely to be criticized or banished from their community if they were to do something wrong but for a women there would be serious consequences such as expulsion from their religion. Women are not even allowed to exercise in public because it would be inadequate for young women to reveal their figure through their attire while engaging in physical activity, many Islamic leaders consider this to be sexually enticing toward the men. Young women and girls in general are especially vulnerable to becoming radicalized and recruited by Isis, due to their community placing so many laws among women. Islamic leaders tend to care more about their values based on how they think a young women should act based on their customs and beliefs toward their religion that they completely forget about how the women may feel toward this. These bright young girls leaving their homes to travel to Syria to join Isis was no coincidence at all, having everything planned out and strategically organized for months. We had no idea that these girls would plan something as