Sydney jihadi bride’s death cult boast

Sydney jihadi bride’s death cult boast about desire to become a martyr

Jihadi bride Hafsa Mohamed in Sydney.

A SYDNEY woman who left her family to join the Islamic State as a jihadi bride in Syria has boasted about her love for the death cult and her desire to become a martyr “for the sake of Allah”.

Hafsa Mohamed, 20, and her friend Hodan Abby, 18, left Sydney earlier this month — the first Australian women to travel independently to the conflict zone.

In the months before they left for Syria, Hafsa, a former childcare worker from Lakemba, posted an IS propaganda video, saying jihad was a “fundamental part of Islam.”

In a series of online posts, the young woman who was raised in Perth and moved to Sydney last year, also said she wanted to “marry a Mujahid (jihad fighter) and die along with him as a martyr”.

“If any mature guy wanting to go to Syria or Palestine would propose I would accept without a thought though he should be on his dean and must have a beard,’’ Hafsa wrote this year.

“Pray that my dream of going to Syria is fulfilled. I want to bring it up with my mum but I’m afraid to do so … Australia is nice but I would rather be in Syria.

“I’m waiting to join my mujahidden brothers and sisters in Syria, Phalestine (sic), Gaza or any other Muslim land. How great to be martyred for the sake of Allah and going into a transaction with him by giving him your life and he will repay you with Jannah.”

The Daily Telegraph understands both girls lied to the their families about their reasons for travelling and later sent them messages saying they had arrived in Turkey and crossed the border into Syria.

“It’s shocking that the girls left. It’s very sad for the families,” Australian Somali Community Association chairman Abdullahi Farah said.


Last week, a family friend wrote to Hafsa saying she had disappointed her family, especially her mother, and told her to beg for her forgiveness.

Hafsa replied that she was “in no way ashamed”.

If the girls travel to the declared no-go zone, Islamic State’s stronghold in al-Raqqa, they could face a 10-year jail term if they return to Australia.

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