Episode 209 - Shamima Begum: ISIS & The Bethnal Green 3

On Sunday the 22nd of February 2015, 3 London schoolgirls aged between 15 and 16 boarded a Turkish Airlines plane from Gatwick to Istanbul. Khadiza Sultana, Amira Abase, and Shamima Begum were on their way to Syria to join ISIS.

In part 1 of this 2 part series, Suruthi and Hannah explore the rise of ISIS, their recruitment tactics, and the motivations of those who willingly enter a warzone to join a death cult.


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Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5wclhYcWaA

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/18/world/europe/jihad-and-girl-power-how-isis-lured-3-london-teenagers.html

https://news.sky.com/story/islamic-state-brides-where-are-the-female-jihadists-now-11637068

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/14/world/middleeast/isis-enshrines-a-theology-of-rape.html?action=click&module=RelatedCoverage&pgtype=Article&region=Footer

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/18/world/europe/jihad-and-girl-power-how-isis-lured-3-london-teenagers.html

https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/timeline-the-rise-spread-and-fall-the-islamic-state

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/14/shamima-begum-friends-kadiza-sultana-amira-abase-joined-isis-syria

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54449482

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