Jaelyn Young seemed both excited and frightened about what her life would be like when she joined the Islamic State in Syria. Twenty-year-old Young is a former high-school cheerleader and a chemistry student at Mississippi State University. She shared her feelings on social media with people she thought were Islamic State recruiters. They were actually United States FBI agents. Young admitted guilt March 30 to conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State. She had planned to travel with a male friend, 22-year-old Muhammad Dakhlalla, to Syria to join the Islamic State. He admitted guilt to a similar charge on March 11. A report by the organization New America says 1-in-7 of the 4,500 Westerners who joined the Islamic State or other Sunni militant groups are women. Young recently converted to Islam and is the daughter of a police officer. The U.S. Justice Department released some of her conversations with the FBI agents.
Title: Why Do Women Join Islamic State?
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data-end-time='26167'>She shared her feelings on social media with people she thought were Islamic State recruiters.</span> <span data-start-time='26167' data-end-time='31542'>They were actually United States FBI agents.</span> <span data-start-time='31542' data-end-time='40188'>Young admitted guilt March 30 to conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State. </span> <span data-start-time='40188' data-end-time='50438'>She had planned to travel with a male friend, 22-year-old Muhammad Dakhlalla, to Syria to join the Islamic State. </span> <span data-start-time='50438' data-end-time='54938'>He admitted guilt to a similar charge on March 11.</span> <span data-start-time='54938' data-end-time='68708'>A report by the organization New America says 1-in-7 of the 4,500 Westerners who joined the Islamic State or other Sunni militant groups are women.</span> <span data-start-time='68708' data-end-time='75063'>Young recently converted to Islam and is the daughter of a police officer. </span> <span data-start-time='75063' data-end-time='82104'>The U.S. Justice Department released some of her conversations with the FBI agents.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/955/is_img.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=5767 data-hint-location='18333' style='display:none;'><div class='question' 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