Has There Ever Been A Better Example Of The Adage, Marry In Haste, Repent At Leisure?

[sandyRoe]

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/austrian-teenage-is-girls-want-to-return-home-after-marrying-jihadists-and-falling-pregnant/ar-BB8Tbk1

[Svejk]

How about saving your 'right-on' sympathy for their victims.

[agchristie]

I'm with Henrietta and Jim on this one. There were clearly signs, particularly from the older teenager, that her views needed to be given closer scrutiny.

Perhaps, had the Austrian Government, contacted their neighbours sooner, the Hayat programme could have prevented the girls following the path out of the country.

The Hayat scheme is proving more successful and is being exported to more countries. Had these girls had such an opportunity they may not have got into this predicament.

I don't think it is right that the Austrian hierarchy turns their back on them, that is such an easy and improper way out.

http://www.dw.de/german-program-triggers-international-deradicalization-network/a-17898077

[jim360]

I think it's possible to have sympathy for both, Svejk. Especially for someone so young. It's easy to imagine poor upbringing, for example, so that for one reason or another she felt more inclined to look material like this up. Certainly it's hard to imagine anyone being brought up "properly" and turning to extremism at such a young age.

At any rate the concept that somehow that's it for her life from now on seems cruel too, especially when she may have seen the error of her ways.

[agchristie]

The Head Teacher said 'we had to act' when one of the girls stated the US was to blame for Sept '11.

There were other clues. I would like to know what the school did. This 'conversion' did not happen overnight and it is inconceivable that there would not be cause for concern and that no support agency was available.

It is too callous to simply write the pair off as having made their bed they must lie in it.

[Peter Pedant]

// They are our enemies, male , female, young, old..//
blimey the only class who arent out enemies seem to be small furry animals.

I agree with henrietta - welcome them back and tell them to go to the schools and tell their class mates what it is really like - no McDonalds, no phones, political commissars poking around.... and so on

[agchristie]

PP - agree.

There has been much discussion on AB about religious education in the past. The value of what these girls could impart in the classroom should not be underestimated, once they have completed a deradicalisation programme.

[jno]

well, of course they want to come to Britain, B00! They will immediately be given council houses and the state will deliver their babies (who will probably already be carrying Uzis) and they'll be sent to radical imams for their education.

[maggiebee]

Harsh jno!

[agchristie]

Jno, something tells me that wasn't tongue in cheek?

[douglas9401]

Of course it was tongue in cheek. No self respecting jihadist sympathiser would be seen dead with an Israeli weapon.