By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:
Is Tareena Shakil the new normal in our world today, or is she a lost and wayward soul? Read on.
Tareena Shakil, a 25 year old woman from England, took her 17 month old baby and traveled to
Turkey, then crossed into Syria, and joined ISIS. Before choosing to live in the Syrian stronghold Raqqa, she lived in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The 17 month old baby boy is named Zaheem and on her facebook page there are pictures of the two of them, together, in Raqqa. Zaheem is posing in ISIS clothes. Tareena claims that ISIS kidnapped her and tried to force her into marriage. Facebook and other social media show her to be a public relatons advocate for ISIS.
Before she left England Tareena wrote a farewell letter to her family. While in Raqqa she continued to correspond through facebook and texting.
She was arrested almost a year ago, in February of 2015, at Heathrow Airport when she returned to London. Her trial is beginning now.
How did this TOWIE fan from England take her infant son and join ISIS? (TOWIE, for those who do not know, stands for THE ONLY WAY IS ESSEX -hardcore English soccer fans of the Essex club).
The case against Tareena Shakil is very strong despite her claims that she was kidnapped and is frustrated and disillusioned.
European security sources say that 5,000 Europeans have made their way to Syria and Iraq to fight for ISIS. Many have been killed, many are still there and many have returned.
The question is how many of those who have returned are disillusioned and frustrated and how many are actually ISIS terrorists or ISIS recruiters.
Micah@MicahHalpern.com
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