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Anderson, Azzam, and an article published by the General
Intelligence and Security Service of the Ministry of Interior and
Kingdom Relations (The Netherlands), also address the importance of
studying the issue of women and children recruitment in Daesh. The
authors have concluded, that women should “recruit new women, bear
many children to populate the organization, carry out punishments and
get trained to use weaponry (limited use)” 7 . Children, on the other
hand, should “witness atrocities, take regular jihad lessons along with
regular education; boys should get trained from the age of nine, while
at this same age girls should start wearing veils” 8 . There are some
claims that women do not undergo the same procedures of being
chosen as the men usually do, and they are expected to give birth to as
many children as possible to enlarge the number of ISIS fighters.
While talking about children recruitment, some authors claim that
there are two ways of recruiting children: voluntarily and
involuntarily 9 . The former is being carried out through propaganda in
public places or luring with toys, while the latter includes such
atrocities as kidnapping. The author also states that the recruitment of
children, like the adult recruitment, is not solely from the Middle East:
many children are being brought to ISIS from Western countries as
well 10 .
Some authors address another aspect of recruitment – psychological
pressure and working with the potential recruit face to face. Anaya,
Azzam and a Final Report of The Task Force on Combating Terrorist
And Foreign Fighter Travel (U.S. Depatment of Homeland Security)
7
Life with ISIS: the Myth Unravelled, General Intelligence and Security Service,
2016,
https://english.nctv.nl/binaries/Life%20with%20ISIS%20-
%20the%20Myth%20Unravelled_tcm32-90366.pdf
8
Ibid.
9
Azzam C., Australian Foreign Fighters: The Long Reach of the Syrian Conflict,
A Journal of The International Centre For Political Violence and Terrorism
Research,
Volume
6,
Issue
9,
October
2014,
pp.
9-13,
https://www.rsis.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/CTTA-October14.pdf
Anderson K., “Cubs of the Caliphate” The Systematic Recruitment, Training,
and
Use
of
Children
in
the
Islamic
State,
2016,
http://www.drake.edu/media/departmentsoffices/international/nelson/2016%20p
aper,%20Children%20in%20ISIS,%20K.%20Anderson.pdf
10
Ibid
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