Jihadi Runaways
The casual racism of the runaway Jihadi teenagers from east London is really quite shocking and I find it hard to believe that the use of abusive language such as the word "kafirs" has come about only since the young women made Syria their new home.
Amira Abase's father (Abase Hussen) famously blamed the police for his daughter's disappearance only to be exposed himself for taking part in an Islamist demonstration by the banned terror group, Al-Mahajiroun.
In my experience, religious intolerance and casual racist attitudes do not develop overnight.
Beheadings and a taste for chips: the life of a British jihadist bride
By Dipesh Gadher - The Sunday Times
Amira Abase has tweeted pictures of herself in a London park with Shamima Begum and Kadiza Sultana
THE schoolgirls from east London who travelled to Syria to become jihadist brides have broken their silence to tweet about the joys of Isis “take–away” food — shared with teenage companions intent on decapitating non-Muslims.
Amira Abase, 15, who fled Bethnal Green with two schoolfriends in February, has posted a bizarre image of fried chicken and chips to reveal for the first time that she is living in Isis-controlled territory.
She shared the meal with a 16-year-old girl who calls herself Um Ayoub and who writes on social media: “Wanna behead some kafirs [non-believers] now.”
THE schoolgirls from east London who travelled to Syria to become jihadist brides have broken their silence to tweet about the joys of Isis “take–away” food — shared with teenage companions intent on decapitating non-Muslims.
Amira Abase, 15, who fled Bethnal Green with two schoolfriends in February, has posted a bizarre image of fried chicken and chips to reveal for the first time that she is living in Isis-controlled territory.
She shared the meal with a 16-year-old girl who calls herself Um Ayoub and who writes on social media: “Wanna behead some kafirs [non-believers] now.”
Abase tweeted pictures of a meal in Syria Amira’s Twitter account provides a disturbing insight into her new life, as well as her thoughts and influences as she prepared to leave Britain.
It reveals how she drew inspiration from a mentor to Osama bin Laden, pined for marriage and is obsessed with death and the afterlife.
Her postings provide missed clues about her plans to travel to Syria with her schoolfriends, such as her desire to learn Arabic quickly. Yet they also include banal tweets typical of any teenager, including ones referencing her beloved Chelsea FC and seeking advice about what trainers to buy.
Amira’s comments will raise fresh questions about what was known in advance by her parents about her radicalisation — in particular, her father, Abase Hussen, who blamed police for failing to stop her joining Isis, also known as Islamic State.
Amira and two friends from Bethnal Green Academy — Shamima Begum, 15, and Kadiza Sultana, 16 — left on a Turkish Airlines flight from Gatwick to Istanbul on February 17.
The girls were following a fourth GCSE pupil from the same school, Sharmeena Begum, 15, who left to join Isis early last December.
It reveals how she drew inspiration from a mentor to Osama bin Laden, pined for marriage and is obsessed with death and the afterlife.
Her postings provide missed clues about her plans to travel to Syria with her schoolfriends, such as her desire to learn Arabic quickly. Yet they also include banal tweets typical of any teenager, including ones referencing her beloved Chelsea FC and seeking advice about what trainers to buy.
Amira’s comments will raise fresh questions about what was known in advance by her parents about her radicalisation — in particular, her father, Abase Hussen, who blamed police for failing to stop her joining Isis, also known as Islamic State.
Amira and two friends from Bethnal Green Academy — Shamima Begum, 15, and Kadiza Sultana, 16 — left on a Turkish Airlines flight from Gatwick to Istanbul on February 17.
The girls were following a fourth GCSE pupil from the same school, Sharmeena Begum, 15, who left to join Isis early last December.
Amira Abase Photographs of the friends together — dressed head to toe in black Islamic robes in an east London park — can be seen for the first time on Amira’s Twitter feed, captioned “Akhwaat”, or “sisters” in Arabic.
The day before she departed with Shamima and Kadiza — telling her parents she was going to a wedding — Amira wrote: “We know death is certain but do we even prepare ourselves?”
A preoccupation with her mortality is a recurring theme — as is Amira’s apparent desire to get married. In one tweet at the start of the year, she posted an image of a Muslim couple with the caption: “And He created you in pairs.”
Days earlier, she posted a quote about Muslims and their “enemies” by Sheikh Abdullah Azzam, the spiritual mentor of bin Laden. Other radical influences on the teenager include Mizanur Rahman, one of 63 people she follows on Twitter.
Rahman, who was jailed for four years for soliciting murder in 2007, is close to Anjem Choudary, the radical British cleric. Rahman supports the creation of an Islamic state and his internet sermons are watched by scores of British jihadists in Syria and Iraq.
Amira’s descent into extremism is stark. A month before she left the UK she was praising Chelsea for “battering” Swansea in the Premier League. Three weeks later, however, she betrayed a complete sense of disillusionment with the West: “I feel I don’t belong in this era.”
The Bethnal Green girls are thought to be living in Raqqa in Syria, the de facto capital of Isis’s caliphate. They will almost certainly be earmarked to marry foreign fighters if they have not wed already.
Until the beginning of this month, Amira — who tweets under the handle “BinttAbbas” — had privacy settings that allowed only selected followers to view her comments. But she has now made all her tweets public. On April 5, she used an alternative name for Isis to post an image of her “dawla takeaway”.
A sympathetic Twitter user who said he was “praying” for Amira and her friends in Syria was given short shrift. Amira dismissed his comments as “prayers from a kafir”.
Her companion, Um Ayoub, who made the comment about beheadings, appears to be part of a wider group of girls and young women who have joined Isis from Europe and other western countries — including up to 100 British jihadist brides.
The day before she departed with Shamima and Kadiza — telling her parents she was going to a wedding — Amira wrote: “We know death is certain but do we even prepare ourselves?”
A preoccupation with her mortality is a recurring theme — as is Amira’s apparent desire to get married. In one tweet at the start of the year, she posted an image of a Muslim couple with the caption: “And He created you in pairs.”
Days earlier, she posted a quote about Muslims and their “enemies” by Sheikh Abdullah Azzam, the spiritual mentor of bin Laden. Other radical influences on the teenager include Mizanur Rahman, one of 63 people she follows on Twitter.
Rahman, who was jailed for four years for soliciting murder in 2007, is close to Anjem Choudary, the radical British cleric. Rahman supports the creation of an Islamic state and his internet sermons are watched by scores of British jihadists in Syria and Iraq.
Amira’s descent into extremism is stark. A month before she left the UK she was praising Chelsea for “battering” Swansea in the Premier League. Three weeks later, however, she betrayed a complete sense of disillusionment with the West: “I feel I don’t belong in this era.”
The Bethnal Green girls are thought to be living in Raqqa in Syria, the de facto capital of Isis’s caliphate. They will almost certainly be earmarked to marry foreign fighters if they have not wed already.
Until the beginning of this month, Amira — who tweets under the handle “BinttAbbas” — had privacy settings that allowed only selected followers to view her comments. But she has now made all her tweets public. On April 5, she used an alternative name for Isis to post an image of her “dawla takeaway”.
A sympathetic Twitter user who said he was “praying” for Amira and her friends in Syria was given short shrift. Amira dismissed his comments as “prayers from a kafir”.
Her companion, Um Ayoub, who made the comment about beheadings, appears to be part of a wider group of girls and young women who have joined Isis from Europe and other western countries — including up to 100 British jihadist brides.
