Even as the world expressed its horror at the beheadings of American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff by the radical militant group the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS), there were those who exulted on social media. Self-proclaimed Western jihadists and ISIS supporters in Syria, these people proclaimed victory and promised more killings to come. \u201cI wish I did it,\u201d\u009d noted one on a Tumblr blog. Another asked for links to any videos of Foley\u2019s execution and cackled, in a slang-filled Twitter post, that the \u201cUK must b shaking up ha ha.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
They were both women. The Twitter personality, Khadijah Dare, whose handle Muhajirah fi Sham means \u201cfemale immigrant to Syria,\u201d\u009d declared her desire to replicate the execution: \u201cI wna b da 1st UK woman 2 kill a UK or US terorrist!\u201d\u009d Her statement may be pure jingoism, but as ISIS attracts more female adherents, the likelihood of seeing a woman brandishing a knife in the terrorist group\u2019s name only increases.<\/p>\n