Brave Dutch woman: Rescued her daughter from the center of Islamists

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Ažurirano: 20.11.2014. 13:49h

A Dutch woman has returned home with her daughter after a risky trip to Syria to bring her back from the Islamic State (IS) stronghold of Raqqa.

Ajša (19), is one of the young women who went to join IS, a she was arrested after returning home to Maastricht, her lawyer told the BBC.

She left the Netherlands in February to marry Omar Jilmaz, a jihadist who served in the Dutch army, writes the BBC.

Her mother first went to Turkey in October to find her daughter, but was unable to cross the border.

Monique told Dutch television in September that her daughter, in a short period of time, turned from an enthusiastic Dutch teenager into a radical Muslim, who contacted Jilmaz through social networks and fell in love with him.

"She saw something like Robin Hood in him," her mother said.

Gained skills in the Dutch army: Omar Jilmaz, photo: i.ytimg.com

After police were alerted to her plans to travel to Syria, Aisha's passport was confiscated but she used an ID card.

Yesterday, Jilmaz told a British public service reporter that he married a Dutch teenager because the other fighter who was supposed to marry her was killed in the clashes, but that they broke up later.

"It didn't work, we broke up, she went her way, I went mine," he said.

Monik arranged the time and place of the meeting with her daughter via Facebook.

Then she wrapped herself in a burqa, crossed the border and somehow reached Raqqa. They fled back to Turkey, where Aisha was arrested because she did not have a passport.

Aisha and her mother were held at the Turkish border before being allowed to return to the Netherlands.

Dutch officials declined to release details about the case.

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