One of the three East London schoolgirls
who left the UK to become ‘jihadi brides’ in Syria has confirmed that
she is now living in the Islamic State – by tweeting a picture of
chicken and chips.
Amira Abase, 15, left Bethnal Green
with Shamima Begum 15, and Kadiza Sultana, 16, in February, and is
believed to be living in the Syrian city of Raqqa.
Now, nearly two months after her
departure, Amira has shared a snippet of life in the Islamic State –
posting an online photo of her enjoying a takeaway dinner with another
teenage ‘jihadi bride’.
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ISIS spread: London schoolgirl Amira Abase, 15,
has tweeted from inside the Islamic State for the first time (above),
bragging about a Western-style takeaway dinner of fried chicken, chips,
pizza and kebab meat
Until recently, the Twitter account of
15-year-old Amira was set to private. The recent public tweet from the
radicalised teenager gives a unique insight into the life of the British
runaways.
It shows a huge Western-style takeaway, including fried chicken, chips, pizza and kebab meat.
Amira – tweeting under the name Bintt
Abbas – captioned the photograph ‘dawla takeaway w/ @um_ayoub12′.
‘Dawla’ is another name for the Islamic State, which is also known as
Isis.
‘Um-ayoub12′ is the name of another
Twitter user, who describes herself as a ’16-year-old muhajirah’. She
believed to be another of the dozens of western teenagers who have
travelled from Europe to join Isis.
Amira’s dinner companion uses the same
profile picture as the 15-year-old from Bethnal Green. Earlier this year
the older girl tweeted: ‘uh wanna behead some kafirs [non-Muslims]
now’.
Amira Abase, pictured last September, has tweeted from inside the Islamic State for the first time
Disturbing minds: Amira uses the same Twitter
picture as another Western teen runaway, known only as Um Ayoub, who
tweeted earlier this year that she wanted to ‘behead some kafirs
[non-muslims] now’.
‘Jihadi brides': This picture is thought to show
Amira and her fellow runaways – Bethnal Green Academy students Shamima
Begum, 15, and Kadiza Sultana, 16, in a London park
Amira’s Twitter account shows pictures of
Amira’s everyday life as a teenager in East London in the months before
she left for Syria.
They include snaps of her building a tower
out of neon highlighter pens during a revision session at Bethnal Green
Academy as well as several pictures of the London skyline, which appear
to have been taken from her family home.
The GCSE pupil also shares her love for Vans and Nike trainers and Chelsea FC.
She also appears to be a fan of the
Cookies & Cream dessert cafes, tweeting a picture taken in its
Whitechapel branch and declaring it has ‘the best waffles’.
Before her departure to Syria, she tweeted
a poignant picture of herself with two friends, believed to be fellow
runaways Shamima Begum and Kadiza Sultana, before their departure. It
shows the trio sitting in a London park, and is captioned ‘Akhwaat’,
meaning ‘sisters’ in Arabic.
Earlier this week, it was reported that
Abase and her two classmates had joined the fearsome group of British
female jihadis who run Isis’s ultra-religious police force.
Normal teen: As Amira’s Twitter account has
become public, it also gives an insight into her life as a normal
15-year-old girl in East London, posting about shoes, waffles, sunsets
and Chelsea FC
Shoe fan: Several of Amira’s tweets from before
her departure reference her love for trainers, such as Nike Air Force.
In one message she asks her followers whether she should buy a new pair
of Vans
Sweet tooth: The 15-year-old posted about her visit to a London branch of Cookies & Cream in December
Runaways: Amira, left, and her classmates Kadiza
Sultana,16 and Shamima Begum, 15 are caught on CCTV at Gatwick airport
before they boarded their flight to Turkey two months ago
Londoners Kadiza Sultana (left) and Shamima Begum are thought to be in Raqqa too, along with Amira
Concerns: The three East London schoolgirls are
believed to have joined the fearsome group of British female jihadis who
run the al-Khansa brigade – Isis’s ultra-religious police force
Shamima Begum has forged social media
links with three of the British leaders of the al-Khansa brigade – an
all-women militia set up by the terror group a year ago. It is
understood the trio are now training with one of the notorious female
arms of Isis.
Covered in black from head to toe and
wielding automatic weapons, the group has been accused of doling out
savage beatings on the streets of Raqqa, and spying on its citizens.
They are said to mercilessly patrol the
streets of the terror group’s adopted capital, and have previously
declared that children as young as nine should be married. They say
women should obey men – who are their masters – and remain ‘hidden and
veiled’ at all times.
The group operates as an ultra-oppressive
police force, monitoring the behaviour of females in the city and
dishing out brutal punishments to anyone wearing shoes that aren’t black
or veils made from the ‘wrong’ material.
According to Syrian activist group ‘Raqqa
is Being Slaughtered Silently’, the female fanatics are feared by local
women due to their use of torture.
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