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Jihad: Women Can Do It Too

Christopher Dickey, Newsweek | January 15, 2010

The wife of last week's CIA suicide bomber raises the topic of female Jihadi support. ++ Online dissemination of radical ideologies allows women to participate in jihad by overcoming religious dilemmas regarding their inherent inferior status in society. ++ “Writing is also a bomb:” online chat rooms offer platforms for communiqués and articles of fanatical expression. ++ Terrorist “women empowerment” sadly proves to be very effective. ++ The call for female support to their jihadist husbands is spreading forcefully.

 

 
 
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