Daesh puts women at the heart of its propaganda

Since its creation, the Islamic State group has shown an opportunism that has put the “disbelievers” in difficulty. The call for all volunteers, whether or not integrated into a terrorist cell, to be killed by all means, gave rise to attacks, from Villejuif to Reading via Romans-sur-Isère, by individuals with atypical profiles. Another opportunistic strategy: the organization, weakened, is now betting on women as tools of propaganda and action. Because Daesh knows that these radicalized constitute a headache for the justice and the Western penitentiary systems, France being concerned in view of the number of jihadists and Islamist prisoners French or residing in France .

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This Daesh-style “feminist” propaganda is particularly striking when you read Europol's latest report on jihadist propaganda on the net. On encrypted networks, and in particular on the Telegram messaging system, which is very popular with Islamists, Daesh supporters highlight

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