Isis Calls on Women to Sacrifice Themselves by Allah

• 10.09.2017, 09:32
•  World

CNN.com

Isis has called on women to take up arms as it continues to lose territory in Syria and Iraq.

As ''The Independent'' reports, in a new edition of its Arabic language newspaper, the terrorist group told female supporters it was an "obligation" for them to wage physical jihad.

"Today, in the context of the war against the Islamic State, it has become necessary for female Muslims to fulfil their duties on all fronts in supporting the mujahedeen in this battle," the article said, adding that women should "prepare themselves to defend their religion by sacrificing themselves by Allah"

Isis has previously prohibited women from fighting on the battlefield, encouraging them to marry fighters, spread propaganda and bear and indoctrinate children to populate its so-called Islamic State.