Sisters’ journey into the Syrian jihad
It was October 2013. ISIS had splintered off from al-Qaeda earlier that year.
The militant group grows stronger and attracts recruits from all over the world, many from Western Europe.
Ayan and her younger sister Leila are Somali-Norwegian teenagers living in an affluent neighborhood outside of Oslo. They leave their adopted homeland to travel to Syria and marry ISIS fighters.
Author Asne Seierstad shares the family's story in her latest book, "Two Sisters: A Father, His Daughters and Their Journey into the Syrian Jihad."
At first, says Seierstad, Ayan and Leila's mother is worried that the girls are becoming "too Norwegian" and sends them to classes with a charismatic Quran teacher. And that's when the parents notice a change.
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