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Why some teenage girls in France are turning to jihad

Up to 150 young French women and girls have joined groups such as Islamic State, often driven by discrimination back home.

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Teenage angst can cause all kinds of unfortunate behaviour, but when schoolgirls tell their parents they want to join the fight in Syria and Iraq, then society has a serious problem, reports The Guardian.

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