Interesting responses to my post. Some come from a place of fear (sleeper cells, homeland security, etc), some from a place of pettiness (paying for therapy, etc), some from just plain old mean spiritedness (Gitmo, let her rot, etc). Not one comes from a place of compassion or of human kindness or forgiveness. And the worst part is, I am not surprised.
I guess the pettiness part was aimed at me so, allow me to respond. First, let's see the timeline this woman chose.
May 2013 - Graduates from Alabama Hoover High School. Becomes increasingly interested in Islamic religious practices.
Autumn 2013 - Secretly creates a Twitter account with thousands of followers, meets a number of ISIS supporters.
November 2014 - Tells her family she's going to Atlanta on a school trip, instead flies to Turkey and crosses into ISIS-held territory in Syria.
December 2014 - Marries 23-year-old Suhan Rahman, an Australian ISIS fighter also known as Abu Jihad al-Australi.
March 2015 - Rahman is killed in a Jordanian airstrike
2015 - Soon after marries her second husband, a Tunisian fighter. Together they have a son, Adam.
January 2019 - Fled the village of Susa near Baghuz, slept in the desert with a group of ISIS exiles.Was captured by Kurdish forces and brought to Syria refugee camp al-Hawl.
February 2019 - Muthana says she was 'brainwashed' and begs forgiveness to return to the US.
So, basically, she renounced her American citizenship to join a bunch of radicals, she made her bed now she doesn't want to lay in it and rot over there.
Sorry, but, Actions have consequences.
I realize neither Hoda nor ISIS/ISIL represent every single Muslim in existence. I am not saying they do. But, ISIS/ISIL is a Islamic radical group that are point blank about the destruction of all "infidels" (their words, not mine)and their agenda is mass forcing Islam on all.
Radicals can be a dangerous thing, no matter what faith, agenda, or philosophy they follow. And the chances of true complete reformation are slim to none, though I will admit not impossible. But still, the odds are 1-9, maybe 1-5. I highly doubt that Hoda has reformed from her radical ways.
She used her child to front a sob story. Her child can be heard in the recording's background, and she can be seen holding him and kissing him. Putting it bluntly, especially today, America tends to fall for sob stories way too often. Just look at the excuses that are made for the common criminal."He has a family, he needed money, he had no choice but to rob that bank and gun down that security guard and teller."
Groups like ISIS/ISIL and MS-13 know that sob stories are a valid tactic to use against America. If you still don't get my meaning, two terms; politicians and social activists.
I find it strange that both Hoda and Shamima are begging for return at the same time. Call me a conspiracy nut if you'd like, I'm just saying...
Even if Hoda has indeed reformed, she and her child won't be safe or truly happy here in this country. She'll be known as "the traitor who was let back in" and the "the Muslim radical who hates America". She and her child will never know peace here if they are recognized/identified in public. They'll be harassed day in and day out.
Long winded post I know, but, I really wish people would search out the entire story instead of listening to a 60 second blurb on some tv channel.