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From Hip-Hop to Jihad, How the Islamic State Became a Magnet for Converts
Washington Post ^ | May 6 | Anthony Faiola and Souad Mekhennet

Posted on 05/07/2015 6:32:50 PM PDT by nickcarraway

CONFRONTING THE ‘CALIPHATE’|This is part of an occasional series about the rise of the Islamic State militant group, its implications for the Middle East, and efforts by the U.S. government and others to undermine it.

She was a redheaded rebel, the singer in the family, a trash-talking, tattooed 21-year-old wrapped up in a hip-hop dream of becoming Holland’s Eminem. Then Betsy found Allah.

After her sudden conversion to Islam last summer, Betsy — a name given by her family to protect her identity — began dressing in full Muslim robes. By January, the once-agnostic Dutch woman, raised in a home where the only sign of religion was a dusty Bible on a shelf, began defending homegrown terrorists. A feud with her father over her apparent radicalization prompted her to leave home — turning up days later, her parents and Dutch authorities now say, in Syria, where she would become the bride of an Islamic State fighter.

She also became part of a growing crisis in Europe, where a surging number of young people from non-Muslim homes are flocking to the Middle East to heed the call of violent jihad. It is happening, terror experts say, as converts emerge as some of the most dangerous and fanatical adherents to radical Islam — a fact driven home this week by Elton Simpson, a 30-year-old American convert who joined one other man in opening fire on a Garland, Tex., contest for cartoons of the prophet Muhammad.

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1 posted on 05/07/2015 6:32:50 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

what are the chances of hillary going full Jihadist afters the democrat bus runs over her??


2 posted on 05/07/2015 6:39:32 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: nickcarraway

more like a magnet for losers and social misfits


3 posted on 05/07/2015 6:41:14 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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To: nickcarraway

Allah = Satan. He goes about as a roaring lion, seeing who he may devour. He’s apparently having considerable success.


4 posted on 05/07/2015 6:42:21 PM PDT by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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To: Kid Shelleen

The French Foreign Legion of the Thug Set.


5 posted on 05/07/2015 6:43:30 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Kid Shelleen
that's nothing. you should see all the heavy metal guys like me who became militant Muslims 20 yeas ago!! Tipper Gore was right!!!! /s
6 posted on 05/07/2015 6:44:57 PM PDT by dp0622
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To: Kid Shelleen

true


7 posted on 05/07/2015 6:45:41 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: beethovenfan

Very true.


8 posted on 05/07/2015 6:46:05 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: nickcarraway
In souls as well as in states, at this point Islam is just surging into a vacuum.

Secularism is nothing. And you can't fight something with nothing.

Only Christ can save us. I think more people are realizing that now.

9 posted on 05/07/2015 6:46:47 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (At this point, Islam is just surging into a vacuum.)
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To: nickcarraway

The music and the religion both represent the nadir of their respective groups.


10 posted on 05/07/2015 7:05:34 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: nickcarraway

The young people are lured to Islam because:

1) Its anti-Christaianity and the world has taught them to hate Christans
2) It’s “mysterious”: you get to wear clothing that conceals your identity and makes you look like something you’re completely not; a badass
3) You get to look like the foot clan on Ninja Turtles except you get to carry around AK47s, strap bombs to yourself, and throw grenades; all in addition to killing Americans (which of course you are) but as a converted Communist / Islamist that makes it okay
4) all the Hollywood celebs are doing it so it must be okay, right?
5) you get to murder, rape, deal drugs, stone people, set them on fire, throw acid on them, blow $hit up, and destroy other people’s property with impunity
6) you get to travel to exotic new lands where there’s no running water, hot showers, or toilets
7) you get to own slaves but only if you’re brown; if you’re white that’s a no-no. The irony seems to be lost on the brain dead leftists
8) you get to eat exotic new foods similar to that of vegans; it’ll help you lose weight
9) you get to worship a real god whose people bow down to a polished meteor sitting in the middle of the desert whose author was a child molester which is okay by you because well...you support gays, LGBTQRSTer, polygamy, incest, the whole gamut. The religion also allows you to lie to people and kill them to advance its’ cause. What could be better if you’re a leftist ?

and last but not least...

10) you have the complete support of the president and the entire administration whos is composed largely of Muslim Brotherhood members


11 posted on 05/07/2015 7:06:56 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: nickcarraway

When you stand or nothing, you fall for anything.


12 posted on 05/07/2015 7:07:11 PM PDT by KosmicKitty (Liberals claim to want to hear other views, but then are shocked to discover there are other views)
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To: KosmicKitty

For not or

but you know that


13 posted on 05/07/2015 7:08:52 PM PDT by KosmicKitty (Liberals claim to want to hear other views, but then are shocked to discover there are other views)
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To: jsanders2001

Your number 7 is inaccurate.

Islamists are perfectly happy with white or brown slaves and white or brown masters.

The relevant issue to Islamists is the religion of the slave or master, not the color.


14 posted on 05/07/2015 7:13:25 PM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: dfwgator

“Meager food for souls forgot”


15 posted on 05/07/2015 7:19:03 PM PDT by Zeneta (Thoughts in time and out of season.)
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To: nickcarraway

On the bright side, I can’t think of a better setup for being infiltrated.


16 posted on 05/07/2015 7:20:11 PM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: MeshugeMikey

Hillary! will use her position to get Bernie Madoff sprung from the slammer and they’ll run off together to spend their ill-gotten booty is Monaco.


17 posted on 05/07/2015 7:34:59 PM PDT by Ax ("You'll Never Walk Alone" (LFC))
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To: jsanders2001

You have so nailed it, my FRiend!

Should make killing them much easier. Inbred social & mental defectives don’t make for effective soldiers.

Only here’s a thought: Societies that condone polygamy always have had a surplus of womanless young males. Turning them into cannon fodder is a time-tested strategy used by the ruling Alpha-male class. Why is ISIS any different?

BTW, where are the ISIS attacks on Israel? One of those things that make you go hmmm.


18 posted on 05/07/2015 7:35:38 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("I am a free man, O Muslim. There's nothing you can do about it.")
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To: Ax

I didnt think hillary swung that way...


19 posted on 05/07/2015 7:39:20 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Our gal swings with the breeze, I believe. She’s not overly burdened by morality.


20 posted on 05/07/2015 8:56:04 PM PDT by Ax ("You'll Never Walk Alone" (LFC))
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