The Islamic State actively seeks to radicalize and recruit wom- en and girls online or otherwise by disseminating the following narrative :
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• Leave the decadence and apostasy of your home country , where you are deemed un- desirable .
• Join the jihad and be empow- ered by living in a true Muslim land ( the caliphate ).
• You will contribute to the cause by marrying an ISIS fighter and parenting the next generation of warriors .
Many children of ISIS fighters are in a precarious situation if one or both of their parents have been killed or are missing . Inter-
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( Sky ' s Stuart Ramsey explored a peculiar phenomenon in Russia - suicide attacks which are car- ried out by women . Courtesy of Sky News and YouTube . Posted on Feb 6 , 2014 .)
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