The three east London schoolgirls who left the UK for Syria are feared to be heading into the hands of a hard-core group of British female jihadist who are said to be running an lslamic State ultra-religious police force. Police said last night that they believe Shamima Begum and Amira Abase, both 15, and Kadiza Sultana, 16, have now crossed into the embattled country from Turkey.
Begum has forged social media links with three of the British leaders of the al-Khansa brigade - an all-women militia set up by the terror group a year ago. Covered in black from head-to-toe and wielding automatic weapons, the group has been accused of doling out savage beatings on the streets of Raqqa and spying on its citizens.
It is said to mercilessly patrol the streets of ISIS' adopted capital and has previously declared children as young as nine should be married, women should obey men - who are their masters - and remain 'hidden and veiled' at all times.
She said on her Twitter account that it was better to travel to Syria than to stay in the UK where she complained that Muslims were forced to sign a petition in order to keep eating halal meat. The British women jihadists in Syria have conducted a sustained recruitment campaign in the last few months and are thought to operate a woman-only jihadi route for European girls who are groomed to leave their Western lives for the caliphate.
They use social media, including Tumblr, Twitter and Askfm to publish detailed, practical advice about how to adapt to life in Islamic State and suggest essential items that the teenage wannabe-jihadists will find useful when they arrive. Privately-educated Glaswegian Aqsa Mahmood - along with Lewisham-born Khadijah Dare, 22 - are thought to be helping patrol Raqqa with guns and daggers hidden beneath their robes.
They use social media, including Tumblr, Twitter and Askfm to publish detailed, practical advice about how to adapt to life in Islamic State and suggest essential items that the teenage wannabe-jihadists will find useful when they arrive. Privately-educated Glaswegian Aqsa Mahmood - along with Lewisham-born Khadijah Dare, 22 - are thought to be helping patrol Raqqa with guns and daggers hidden beneath their robes.
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