On March 22, 2015, Al-Jazeera TV aired a report about a paramilitary training camp for women near Aleppo, Syria. Women in the camp were shown shooting at targets.
Following are excerpts:
Female Jihadist: Say: "Allah Akbar."
Female Jihadists raising their weapons: Allah Akbar!
Female Jihadist: Say: "Allah Akbar."
Female Jihadists: Allah Akbar!
Female Jihadist: We are walking on the path of Allah.
Female Jihadists: We are walking on the path of Allah.
Female Jihadist: We want to raise the banner.
Female Jihadists: We want to raise the banner.
Female Jihadist: We want to raise the banner.
Female Jihadists: We want to raise the banner.
Female Jihadist: May Islam regain its glory!
Female Jihadists: May Islam regain its glory!
Female Jihadist: May Islam regain its glory!
Female Jihadists: May Islam regain its glory!
Female Jihadist: Or else let our blood be shed!
Female Jihadists: Or else let our blood be shed!
Female Jihadist: Allah is…
Female Jihadists: …my Lord!
Female Jihadist: Allah is…
Female Jihadists: …my Lord!
Female Jihadist: Islam is…
Female Jihadists: …my religion!
Female Jihadist: Islam is…
Female Jihadists: …my religion!
Female Jihadist: Islam is…
Female Jihadists: …my religion!
Female Jihadist: Muhammad is…
Female Jihadists: …my Prophet!
Female Jihadist: Muhammad is…
Female Jihadists: …my Prophet!
Female Jihadist: Muhammad is…
Female Jihadists: …my Prophet!
Female Jihadist: The Devil is…
Female Jihadists: …my enemy!
Female Jihadist: The Devil is…
Female Jihadists: …my enemy!
Female Jihadist: Bashar [Al-Assad] is…
Female Jihadists: …my enemy!
Female Jihadist: Bashar [Al-Assad] is…
Female Jihadists: …my enemy!
Female Jihadist: Paradise is…
Female Jihadists: …what I seek!
Female Jihadist: Paradise is…
Female Jihadists: …what I seek!
Female Jihadist: Paradise is…
Female Jihadists: …what I seek!
Female Jihadist: Knowledge is…
Female Jihadists: …my slogan!
Female Jihadist: Knowledge is…
Female Jihadists: …my slogan!
Female Jihadist: Knowledge is…
Female Jihadists: …my slogan!
Female Jihadist: The Al-Aqsa Mosque is…
Female Jihadists: …ours, ours, ours!
Female Jihadist: The Al-Aqsa Mosque is…
Female Jihadists: …ours, ours, ours!
Female Jihadist: The Al-Aqsa Mosque is…
Female Jihadists: …ours, ours, ours!
Female Jihadist: Say: "Allah Akbar."
Female Jihadists: Allah Akbar!
Female Jihadist: Say: "Allah Akbar."
Female Jihadists: Allah Akbar!
Female Jihadist: Say: "Allah Akbar."
Female Jihadists: Allah Akbar!
Female Jihadist: We are the women of Syria. We set out [to wage Jihad] in order to defend our land. We set out so that the word of Allah will reign supreme. We set out to defend our country, our religion, and our honor. We set out to train these women, so that they can be brothers [in arms] to the men who defend their honor, if that infidel tyrant attacks them, along with his soldiers and his lackeys. Oh Allah, please grant us victory, and make our heroic women create the generation to come, Allah willing.
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Female Jihadist commander: Shoot!
Female Jihadists: Allah Akbar! Allah Akbar!
Female Jihadist: Say: "Allah Akbar."
Female Jihadists: Allah Akbar!
The female Jihadists shoot
Female Jihadist commander: Shoot!
Female Jihadists: Allah Akbar!
Female Jihadists: Allah Akbar!
Female Jihadist commander: Shoot!
Female Jihadists: Allah Akbar!
Female Jihadists: Allah Akbar!
Female Jihadist commander: Shoot!
Female Jihadist: We are a group of women from various provinces, who were able to join the "Women of Victory" training camp, Allah be praised. Thanks to the brothers and sisters who oversee this camp, and especially the sisters who taught us, we were trained in the firing of weapons, in assembling and dismantling them, and in their technical specifications as well as in many other skills. May Allah reward them for this. We were also given lessons in Islamic law and in the jurisprudence of Jihad, in order to fight in the battlefield, shoulder to shoulder alongside our men, our sons, and our brothers. The role of women is no less important than the role of the men.
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