These people sound like they all belong in a mental institution. Being extremists when it comes to their religion has really made them go bonkers.
Hoping to create a new society, the Islamic State recruits entire families
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world...fceec-8917-11e4-8ff4-fb93129c9c8b_story.html#
Siddhartha Dhar, who fled Britain last month and joined the Islamic State, poses in Syria with his newborn child. (National News/via ZUMAPRESS.com)
By Kevin Sullivan and Karla Adam December 24
LONDON — Last month in Syria, Siddhartha Dhar stood in front of a banged-up yellow pickup truck, holding an assault rifle in his right hand and cradling his newborn son with his left.
Dhar’s first four children had been born in London, his native city, but his new baby, wrapped in a fuzzy brown onesie, was born in territory controlled by the Islamic State.
Someone snapped a photo of Dhar, 31, and he proudly tweeted it out as proof that he; his wife, Aisha; and their children had fled Britain and were now living in what the militants consider an Islamic caliphate that will one day reign over the world.
The arrival of the Dhar family in Syria last month represents a key strategic goal of the Islamic State: to build not just an army but a society. The group has vowed to create a nation ruled by Islamic sharia law, and its leaders and online recruiters have encouraged doctors, nurses, lawyers, engineers and accountants to join them in building the institutions of a new holy land.
Entire families — fathers, mothers and children — have answered that call in numbers that have surprised and alarmed analysts who study the extremist group.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/world...ecruits-entire-families/2014/12/24/dbffceec-8
Hoping to create a new society, the Islamic State recruits entire families
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world...fceec-8917-11e4-8ff4-fb93129c9c8b_story.html#
Siddhartha Dhar, who fled Britain last month and joined the Islamic State, poses in Syria with his newborn child. (National News/via ZUMAPRESS.com)
By Kevin Sullivan and Karla Adam December 24
LONDON — Last month in Syria, Siddhartha Dhar stood in front of a banged-up yellow pickup truck, holding an assault rifle in his right hand and cradling his newborn son with his left.
Dhar’s first four children had been born in London, his native city, but his new baby, wrapped in a fuzzy brown onesie, was born in territory controlled by the Islamic State.
Someone snapped a photo of Dhar, 31, and he proudly tweeted it out as proof that he; his wife, Aisha; and their children had fled Britain and were now living in what the militants consider an Islamic caliphate that will one day reign over the world.
The arrival of the Dhar family in Syria last month represents a key strategic goal of the Islamic State: to build not just an army but a society. The group has vowed to create a nation ruled by Islamic sharia law, and its leaders and online recruiters have encouraged doctors, nurses, lawyers, engineers and accountants to join them in building the institutions of a new holy land.
Entire families — fathers, mothers and children — have answered that call in numbers that have surprised and alarmed analysts who study the extremist group.
Continue reading at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world...ecruits-entire-families/2014/12/24/dbffceec-8