How a Young Woman Became an ISIS Bride — and Then an Informant, Helping Save Others As she sat in her safe house, sipping tea and speaking in hushed tones to a government agent, it was hard to reconcile the young woman before me with the one who had once been a devout follower of the Islamic State.
Born to a secular family, she had always felt like an outsider among her peers, and the strict rules and clear moral code of Islam resonated with her.
She first became interested in Islam at 19, when she began studying the Quran and devouring books on Islamic history and theology.