Australia’s ‘ISIS brides’ have returned. Governments can do better at handling this situation
- Written by Kiriloi M. Ingram, Lecturer in International Relations, The University of Queensland
In 2014, the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group declared a caliphate, a form of Islamic government headed by a caliph, considered to be a successor to the prophet Muhammad. This correlated with a global campaign of terror and 53,000 foreigners from 80 countries travelling to support IS (sometimes also referred to as ISIS).
Domestically, there was...
