It’s a really difficult one. For me I feel like being part of Isis has bigger consequences which sounds totally heartless but looking at it in a very clinical way. Isis has the potential to (and already has) killed thousands upon thousands, destroyed countries, infrastructure, committed rape and tried to commit genocide, had destroyed heritage and historical areas, and spread across the world. I also think it’s harder to rehabilitate someone who was brainwashed so much they ran away to join such a horrendous organisation. There have also been reports she was more involved in the actions than what she’s saying now.
I do think she’s an easier target, I am worried about British fighters who went over there and have come back. What do you do with them? We don’t have the death penalty anymore which wouldn’t work as they would become martyrs, Prevent isn’t as effective as it should be, and speaking out about Islam and the very real issues it has leads to people crying ‘bigot’ or ‘racist’ which shuts up any dialogue.
