To Marry ISIS: Why Did They Make This Choice?

The past of these women is connected with a deeply repressed and condemned sexuality. The hard choice associated with submission to God’s will allows one to mute moral suffering and chronic sense of guilt. But many of these radicalized women have been sexually abused by intimate partners. The chaos provoked by their traumatism led to the fact that they found the righteous order they needed in religious control. They are confused by their own desires and frightened by the erotic urge caused by a spontaneous encounter with passion through a handsome man who appeared suddenly on their mobile phone or computer to lead them to an ideal world, the world of ISIS…