Female fighters of Islamic state : why more from the West?

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Sara Mahmood
• مؤلفون آخرون: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• التنسيق: Commentary
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2015
• الموضوعات: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/104915; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/25947
• المؤسسة: Nanyang Technological University

The self-styled Islamic State’s (IS) conception of a caliphate, which accords women a significant role in building and sustaining a state, has mobilised a large number of female supporters and sympathisers to Iraq and Syria from the West. Why is this so?