Should give birth to children

Young girls are being targeted by Islamists

A veil alone is no indication of the radicalization of young women.

(Bild: APA/dpa/Bernd Thissen)

They are mostly recruited on the internet, then married off and expected to give birth to children who are to be raised as IS fighters. According to the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, more and more young Upper Austrian women are being targeted by radicals. A request to the Ministry of the Interior should bring more clarity.

The fact that radical Islamists are "hunting" young people on the internet is nothing new. For some months now, however, they have been increasingly seeking contact with young girls in order to indoctrinate them. At least that is what an internal report by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution in the "Extremism" sub-committee of the Upper Austrian state parliament claims, which has prompted the FPÖ to take action. The content of the oral report: young girls brought up as Catholics are to be recruited by Islamists in this country in order to convert.