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AS IT IS 2016-04-06 Why Do Women Join Islamic State? 女性为何会加入伊斯兰国? Jaelyn Young seemed both excited and frightened about what her life would be like when she joined the Islamic State in Syria. Twenty-year-old Young is a former hi

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