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Alabama Woman Joins Islamic State, Urges Americans to Follow Her
Investigative Project on Terrorism ^ | 4/21/15

Posted on 04/21/2015 5:56:25 PM PDT by markomalley

Muslim community leaders in Hoover, Ala. confirm that a 20-year-old woman left her family in November to join the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organization in Syria, confirming a BuzzFeed report.

The woman, identified only as Hoda, agreed to a series of interviews with BuzzFeed from Raqqa, Syria – the de facto Islamic State capital. Her father, a Yemeni native identified as Mohammed said that his daughter was "brainwashed" by IS.

A series of Tweets from Hoda's Twitter account call for other Americans to join the Islamic State and commit terrorist attacks in the United States.

On March 19 she tweeted: "Americans wake up! Men and women altogether. You have much to do while you live under our greatest enemy, enough of your sleeping! Go on drive-bys and spill all of their blood, or rent a big truck and drive all over them. Veterans, Patriot, Memorial etc Day parades..go on drive by's + spill all of their blood or rent a big truck n drive all over them. Kill them."

Even though Hoda had always practiced Islam, she grew more religious over the 18 months before her departure to Syria. She attributed her radicalization in part to scholars and Islamic interpretations that she found on the Internet, including lectures about Islam on YouTube.

"I started getting interested in my deen [religious life] around 2012," Hoda told BuzzFeed. "I felt like my life was so bland without it. Life has much more meaning when u know why ur here."

Her father said he was proud of Hoda's increased devotion to Islam, but claims that he "didn't know she's going to go that far" and join IS.

Hoda said she started planning to move to Syria around November 2013.

"I dressed and behaved more modestly…It helped me with my temper and made me a better person overall. They [her parents] liked the change until they saw me getting 'jihadi,'" said Hoda.

In a phone call, Hoda told her father she left for Syria because she believed every true Muslim had to travel to the Islamic State if they wanted to reach heaven, and she encouraged her parents to join her.

News of an American making it to the Islamic State's base comes amid a series of arrests by federal authorities involving people trying to join IS or plotting IS-inspired terror attacks.

Six Somali-American men from Minnesota were charged Monday with conspiring to provide support for IS and planning to join the terrorist organization. U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger said that the men devoted significant efforts in the past year to reach Syria.

"These were not confused young men, they were not easily influenced," Luger said. "These were focused young men who were intent on joining a terrorist organization."

Related Topics: Homegrown Terror | IPT News, Islamic State, radicalization, Andrew Luger, social media, recruiting, Homegrown Terror


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Alabama; War on Terror
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1 posted on 04/21/2015 5:56:25 PM PDT by markomalley
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To: markomalley
The woman, identified only as Hoda

Now known in the ISIS camp as simply "Ho."

2 posted on 04/21/2015 6:00:32 PM PDT by JennysCool (My hypocrisy goes only so far)
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To: markomalley

I urge Americans to follow her, hunt her down and eliminate her.


4 posted on 04/21/2015 6:01:19 PM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: markomalley

She knew these evil creeps were beheading innocent people but still wanted to join them. She is evil. She will receive her just reward.


5 posted on 04/21/2015 6:01:39 PM PDT by boycott
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To: boycott

I look forward to hearing of her death.


6 posted on 04/21/2015 6:02:14 PM PDT by Dagnabitt (Islamic Immigration is Treason)
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To: markomalley
Here's a picture of the sweet thing

To tell the truth, if she would kindly show up on my street and identify herself I would be delighted to drive over her.

7 posted on 04/21/2015 6:02:28 PM PDT by skeeter
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Hodor photo: Hodor Hodor_zpszcdhwh2k.gif

Some ISIS militiaman is going to very disappointed in their new bride.

8 posted on 04/21/2015 6:03:33 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: markomalley
Alabama Woman Joins Islamic State, Urges Americans to Follow Her...

Yeah, hold on, darlin', I'll be right with you.

Stupid twit.

9 posted on 04/21/2015 6:04:25 PM PDT by OldSmaj (obama is a worthless mohametan. Impeach his ass now!)
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To: markomalley

So she has long practiced Islam but only in the previous 18 months became radicalized. Mmmm.

This isn’t the first time I’ve seen this happen. And yet mosks and prisons where most of the radicalization happens are off limits for authorities to monitor.

But hey, as long as those Christians are monitored by the IRS for political speech in Church, that’s what’s important.


10 posted on 04/21/2015 6:07:16 PM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: markomalley

Maybe she lived in Alabama, but I don’t think “Alabama woman” is a fitting description of her.


11 posted on 04/21/2015 6:07:17 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: markomalley

Hoda?

Hoda Bomblikdis?


12 posted on 04/21/2015 6:08:17 PM PDT by RaceBannon (Rom 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for)
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To: Dagnabitt

I look forward to hearing of her death.


It certainly won’t break my heart.

She has seen the evil of Islam - 911, terror attacks around the world, beheadings, the kidnapping of the young African girls, etc. islam is evil for all to see. She embraced it so she is evil.


13 posted on 04/21/2015 6:10:57 PM PDT by boycott
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To: markomalley
Evil Twitter.

Yeah, that's it. Nothing wrong with her family, or her culture. A couple of tweets is what sent her over the edge.

14 posted on 04/21/2015 6:12:38 PM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: markomalley

I don’t understand why we are not providing them with free passage to these ISIS hellholes. We can just as happily kill them over there.


15 posted on 04/21/2015 6:15:48 PM PDT by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: Leaning Right

Exactly. Her her family and religion took 90 percent of the way to ISIS.


16 posted on 04/21/2015 6:16:29 PM PDT by Dagnabitt (Islamic Immigration is Treason)
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To: markomalley

find her shoot her


17 posted on 04/21/2015 6:18:24 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: markomalley

My friends in Alabama call it ‘God’s Country’. I doubt Hoda calls it ‘Allah’s Country’...


18 posted on 04/21/2015 6:22:00 PM PDT by real saxophonist (Youtube + Twitter + Facebook = YouTwitFace.com)
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To: markomalley

Ho. (Duh!)


19 posted on 04/21/2015 6:25:13 PM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: dp0622

Go away.....FR doesn’t need you.


20 posted on 04/21/2015 6:27:02 PM PDT by Osage Orange (I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
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