How A Blonde's Tweet From Texas Made Her A Dream Girl For ISIS Fighters

A tattooed, blonde woman who grew up a Christian in Texas has been overwhelmed by marriage proposals from ISIS fighters in Iraq and Syria after one of her social media posts went viral. Jennifer Williams, a foreign policy researcher, caught the attention of thousands by joining a Twitter trend pointing out the difference between mainstream Islam and the jihadists bringing war and devastation to the Middle East. But she was shocked to find ISIS jihadists appreciating her message - in which revealed herself as an unlikely convert to Islam.

The fighters, presumably besotted by her bright blue eyes and platinum blonde hair, were so taken with her that they started to send marriage proposals. Miss Williams was brought up a Baptist in Texas, uses Southern slang such as 'y'all' - and admits nobody would guess she was a Muslim at first sight.
She now works for the Brookings Institution in Washington D.C. The message which captured the attention and hearts of so many was first posted to just 60 people. But within 24hrs it had been reposted more than 11,000 times, gaining her thousands of new followers in the process, many of whose profile pictures showed them posing in front of the black flag of ISIS.

The jihadists - many of whom post pictures of the group's atrocities and try to tempt others to join their fight then started reaching out to Miss Williams, and even proposing. And, despite the obvious enthusiasm for Miss Williams's appearance, some of her new fans tried to impose their own interpretations of Islam onto her, saying she would look better with her head veiled.

Writing about her bizarre rise to fame for the New Republic Magazine, she described how men from Saudi Arabia as well as ISIS-controlled lands started making approaches. She said: 'One guy told me how beautiful I would look in hijab (in other words, how beautiful I would look once I covered myself up and stopped looking like an infidel). Another just straight up asked me to marry him.'

Miss Williams also found that her image which some Muslims blurred to adhere with their modesty rules was being used to tout her as an ISIS supporter, despite her obvious contempt for the group. She said: 'I, for one, do not appreciate having my conversion story used to attract more people to a repugnant ideology that spawns suicide bombings and beheadings.'

However, she said she hopes her messages on Twitter might encourage her newly-acquired fanbase to read the Qu'ran further, which she believes might make them reconsider their jihad.

Source: DailyMail UK