ISIS recruiters use dating websites to lure jihadi brides

Recruiters try to convince women to join their fold with the promise of a ‘handsome’, ‘rich’ husband.

Islamic State is known for recruiting people online to execute its nefarious activities and now the terror group has taken to dating websites to lure young women into becoming jihadi brides and joining their fold.

According to a report in the UK Mirror, recruiters of the terror group have found dating sites to be ideal hunting ground for convincing young women to marry ISIS terrorists.

Some of the women are told how ‘handsome’ and ‘rich’ the terrorists are and are lured with the promise of a good life in their self-proclaimed caliphate.

An intelligence official said that ISIS is not sparing any kind of online platform from spreading its propaganda.

He revealed the case of a family whose daughter who was talking to ‘dangerous’ people online.

"At the end of last year, we were approached by a family living near Zarqa [Jordan’s second-largest city] who believed their daughter was speaking to dangerous people online. I told them, ‘Close her Twitter and Telegram,’ but they said, ‘No, it’s the dating site she is on."

The man was feared to be an ISIS fighter and had met the girl online on a dating website that is meant for devout Muslims. During their interaction, he told her to come to Raqqa, which is an Islamic State stronghold.

He told her how she would own a big house with lots of servants and told her that the man she would get married to was a ‘handsome fighter’. The man even sent her pictures of jewellery that would be gifted to her on the wedding night.

However, the family managed to stop her from joining the ranks of ISIS just in time.

"Her case just shows you that even on dating sites ISIS is recruiting," the official said.

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