By ELAINE SCIOLINO and SOUAD MEKHENNET
BRUSSELS - Malika El Aroud, a 48-year-old Belgian, calls herself a female warrior for Al Qaeda.
In a movement that gives women little power, Ms. El Aroud has distinguished herself on the Internet.
Writing in French under the name "Oum Obeyda," she has transformed herself into one of the most prominent Internet jihadists in Europe.
She insists that she does not disseminate instructions on bomb-making and has no intention of taking up arms herself. Rather, she bullies Muslim men to go and fight and rallies women to join the cause.
“It’s not my role to set off bombs - that’s ridiculous," she said in a rare interview. “I have a weapon. It’s to write. It’s to speak out. That’s my jihad. You can do many things with words. Writing is also a bomb."
Ms. El Aroud is well known to intelligence officials throughout Europe as simply “Malika" - an Islamist who is at the forefront of the movement by women to take a larger role in the male-dominated global jihad. Read more ...
BRUSSELS - Malika El Aroud, a 48-year-old Belgian, calls herself a female warrior for Al Qaeda.
In a movement that gives women little power, Ms. El Aroud has distinguished herself on the Internet.
Writing in French under the name "Oum Obeyda," she has transformed herself into one of the most prominent Internet jihadists in Europe.
She insists that she does not disseminate instructions on bomb-making and has no intention of taking up arms herself. Rather, she bullies Muslim men to go and fight and rallies women to join the cause.
“It’s not my role to set off bombs - that’s ridiculous," she said in a rare interview. “I have a weapon. It’s to write. It’s to speak out. That’s my jihad. You can do many things with words. Writing is also a bomb."
Ms. El Aroud is well known to intelligence officials throughout Europe as simply “Malika" - an Islamist who is at the forefront of the movement by women to take a larger role in the male-dominated global jihad. Read more ...
Source: Korea Times
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