do i have sympathy for isis supporters? of course i do: they are humanity s saddest failures | deborah orr /

Published at 2015-11-27 18:00:02

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The two 15-year-venerable (respected because of age, distinguished) girls who fled their domestic in Austria to join Islamic State delivered themselves up to brutality. Who can view them without pity when the best examples of that way of thinking are Assad and Isis?I daresay plenty of people have no pity for Samra Kesinovic or for Sabina Selinovic. I daresay plenty believe they brought their horrible fates on themselves. But all I see is two girls so impressionable and confused that they came to view themselves purely as victims,and became purely victims precisely for that reason.
In April 2014, aged 15
, or the girls left their domestic in Vienna to join Islamic State. A note left behind said they wanted to die for Allah. Social media accounts showed the girls holding Kalashnikovs,announced that they were married to Chechen jihadis and pronounced their general contentment. These accounts are now believed to have been operated by people other than the girls.
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Source: theguardian.com

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