Citation

San M. Tijdschr. Criminol. 2018; 60(1).

Vernacular Title

Dochters van de jihad: Hoe familieleden betekenis geven aan het vertrek van Belgische en Nederlandse vrouwen die zich aansloten bij IS

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Boom juridisch)

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Abstract

Since it has become apparent that many Western women have traveled to Syria and Iraq to join Islamic State, there is a relentless stream of publications dealing with the motivations of these women to join the terrorist organization. Most of these publications, based on 'open sources', are focusing on the motives spread by the women via social media. These social media reports, however, only provide a distorted view of the women's motives. This article is based upon ethnographic research focusing on 28 Belgian and Dutch families, whose daughters have left for Syria to join the armed struggle.


Although the existing literature shows that the feelings of exclusion in Western societies are very important to Syria, the conversations with the families rarely supported this. Moreover, religion and ideology have played a minor role in the departure of their daughters from the perspective of the families. According to the families the departure of their daughters was mainly driven by romantic motives and the problems they were dealing with in their daily lives.

Language: nl