Why are the Canadian women of ISIS coming home without being charged? | Globalnews.ca
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The government said Canadians who joined ISIS would face the 'full force' of the law, but not a single woman who lived under ISIS has yet been convicted.

The government said Canadians who joined ISIS would face the ‘full force’ of the law, but not a single woman who lived under ISIS has yet been convicted.

  • athos77@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Dura Ahmed sounds like a lovely person:

    “[I was studying] English and Middle Eastern studies. I didn’t know anything about ISIS or anything. […] I didn’t really watch the news. No one liked to talk about it. I was really oblivious to what was going on. In the end I said fine, if I don’t like it, I’ll come back.” […]

    So to Raqqa, ISIS’ de-facto capital, she came in 2014. What she saw, she liked. “It was an easy life. It was a city. It was stable,” she said. “You’re there and you’re eating Pringles and Twix bars." […] “Well, having slaves is part of Sharia,” she finally ventured. “I believe in Sharia.”

    Did she regret coming to Syria, I asked, wondering if she felt disillusioned with the Islamic State […] “No. I had my kids [t]here,” she replied.