Women of the Caliphate
Khelghat-Doost, Hamoon
Women of the Caliphate :: the Mechanism for Women’s Incorporation into the Islamic State (IS) / [Recurso electrónico] PDF .-- : Alex P Schmid , 2017
The ongoing incorporation of women into the Islamic State (IS) is unlike what any other jihadi organization in
the recent history of jihadism has attempted to achieve. An important question is therefore: how does IS reconcile
its ultra-conservative Islamic narrative of women, with the organization’s incorporation of women? By analyzing
primary data collected through fieldwork in the Middle East, the author of this article argues that, through
the platform of ‘gender-segregated parallel institutions,’ IS has established a mechanism by which Muslim
women are being effectively incorporated into its envisaged Islamic State. Through this mechanism, IS has
inspired a substantial number of women from around the globe by advocating an alternative narrative of divine
redemption to the one of secular emancipation of women.
2334-3745
Estado Islámico
Terrorismo internacional Califato Mujeres Terrorismo--Movimientos extremistas
Women of the Caliphate :: the Mechanism for Women’s Incorporation into the Islamic State (IS) / [Recurso electrónico] PDF .-- : Alex P Schmid , 2017
The ongoing incorporation of women into the Islamic State (IS) is unlike what any other jihadi organization in
the recent history of jihadism has attempted to achieve. An important question is therefore: how does IS reconcile
its ultra-conservative Islamic narrative of women, with the organization’s incorporation of women? By analyzing
primary data collected through fieldwork in the Middle East, the author of this article argues that, through
the platform of ‘gender-segregated parallel institutions,’ IS has established a mechanism by which Muslim
women are being effectively incorporated into its envisaged Islamic State. Through this mechanism, IS has
inspired a substantial number of women from around the globe by advocating an alternative narrative of divine
redemption to the one of secular emancipation of women.
2334-3745
Estado Islámico
Terrorismo internacional Califato Mujeres Terrorismo--Movimientos extremistas
