Looking for love: British schoolgirl Yusra Hussien (left) is believed to
have run off to Syria to join ISIS after being groomed online through
the radical dating website and Twitter feed Jihad Matchmaker (right)
ISIS are using dating websites to lure jihadi brides to Iraq and Syria, it has been claimed. The fanatics have infiltrated at least one Arabic-language platform in an attempt to marry off women to its fighters. An
intelligence official told how one girl was approached online by a
militant who claimed to be
living in the terror group's Syrian capital
of Raqqa. 
The source told BuzzFeed: 'We were approached by a family whose daughter was speaking to dangerous people online.
'He told her about the big house she would have and the servants.
'Her
husband would be a handsome fighter... he even sent her photos of the
beautiful jewellery he would buy her for her wedding night.'
The young girl, who lived near the Jordanian city of Zarqa, was stopped before she could make it to Syria.
The unnamed Jordanian official added: 'Her case just shows you that even on dating sites ISIS is recruiting.'
He
said the case highlights just how difficult it is to stop wannabe
militants and jihadi brides being recruited through the internet.
The
source added: 'Even if I shut down every mosque, every person who
supported ISIS in Jordan, there would still be YouTube videos recruiting
young men with gun fights.
'There would still be Twitter where men tweet about how they are living in paradise with three wives.'
A
number of British schoolgirls have travelled to Syria over the last two
years using a route which has become known as the 'jihadi bride trail'
after being groomed online.
Among
them was 15-year-old Yusra Hussien, from Bristol, who is believed to
have been recruited through extremist dating site Jihad Matchmaker in
2014.
The site, which stated that it was based in Syria and has now closed, uses the motto 'keep it halal and get married.'
Its official Twitter account said: 'Jihad Matchmaker is here to link up those seeking marriage in Syria in a halal manner.'-Dailymail
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