ISIS target dating websites to lure jihadi brides in latest shocking recruitment drive

ISIS are targeting dating websites to lure jihadi brides to join their ranks, it has been claimed.

Islamic State have been prolific at exploiting online platforms to spread propaganda and encourage extremists to fight their cause in Syria and Iraq.

But now it seems not even dating websites are safe from terrorist recruiters who are trying to encourage young women to marry ISIS militants.

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A Jordanian Intelligence official said no online platform is out of Islamic State's reach.




He said:
"At the end of last year, we were approached by a family living near Zarqa [Jordan’s second-largest city] who believed their daughter was speaking to dangerous people online,”

"I told them, ‘Close her Twitter and Telegram,’ but they said, ‘No, it’s the dating site she is on."

The man, presumably an ISIS fighter, had got in contact with the woman via a dating site for devout Muslims.

He tried to convince her to come to Raqqa, Islamic State's de-facto capital, on the promise of riches and a husband.


One girl was targeted by an ISIS terrorist one a dating site for devout Muslims
The officer continued:
"He told her about the big house she would have and the servants.

"Her husband would be a handsome fighter … he even sent her photos of the beautiful jewelry he would buy her for her wedding nig ht."

Luckily, the daughter was prevented from joining ISIS before it was too late.

The official said: "Her case just shows you that even on dating sites ISIS is recruiting."




The internet is a major reason why ISIS have been successful, an US intelligence official said
According to U.S. intelligence, the reason ISIS have been so successful is due to their effective use of the internet.

A US intelligence officer told BuzzFeed news :
"I don’t think it is far-fetched to say that the internet is a major reason why ISIS is so successful, and so worrying, as far as global terror movements go.

"They have always been ‘good’ at the internet, at the strategy of how they use it.

"Now they are smarter at the internet too."