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1 online resource (streaming video file) (28 min. 43 sec.) ; 172877879 bytes |
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What draws a liberated young woman educated in the West to run away to the Middle East to live under a regime that has some of the most rigid controls over women of any state in the world, restricting dress, thought and behaviour and making them completely subservient to men? "These are really intelligent women so it is a mistake to think that they're fools, that they've been brainwashed in to this." Dr Katherine Brown, King's College LondonAn extremely slick and seductive marketing campaign may be part of the answer, according to a young British journalist who has investigated the phenomenon."They made me quite angry because not only was she trying to lure young people over to Syria, she was giving them step-by-step instructions as to how to do it." - Khaleda Rahman, journalistJournalist Khaleda Rahman uncovered the identity of one British woman who is allegedly a major recruiter for ISIS - Aqsa Mahmood. Mahmood's family came to Glasgow from Pakistan in the 1970s and enjoys a successful, middle class lifestyle. Aqsa planned to study medicine, but instead was seduced into radical Islam by online preachers, including Australian Feiz Mohammed. She didn't need to leave her bedroom."They are like paedophiles. They are groomers. They are getting their claws in to young people and they're pulling them away." - Aamer Anwar, Mahmood family lawyerMahmood moved to Syria, married a fighter and began blogging and posting to other young women, using a mix of teenage chit chat about clothes and boys, funny videos, and political and religious issues. ISIS has more than 45,000 social media accounts."For the winter you will most likely need a good pair of boots and a thick, warm coat. The winters here are freezing. Trust me. I'm from the north of Britain, and still I found it cold." - Aqsa Mahmood, aka Umm LaythBy talking to friends and family, and re-creating an online seduction using real life posts and tweets, Brides of ISIS reveals how, through their mobile phones and laptops, radical Islam is seeping into the minds of Western teenagers |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2015-05-19 at 20:00:00 |
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Classification: NC |
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Criminals -- Family relationships.
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Terrorism -- Prevention.
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Women -- Social life and customs.
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Terrorists -- Recruiting.
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Microblogs.
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IS (Organization)
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England -- London.
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Iraq.
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Syria.
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Streaming video
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Mackintosh, Steven, host
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Anwar, Aamer, contributor
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Begum, Renu, contributor
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Begum, Shamima, contributor
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Bishop, Julie, contributor
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Brown, Katherine, contributor
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Halane, Zahra, contributor
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Mahmood, Aqsa, contributor
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Mohammed, Sheik Feiz, contributor
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Rahman, Khaleda, contributor
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