Name Sally Jones Role Television presenter | ||
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Similar People Judy Garland, Edith Piaf, Abdel‑Majed Abdel Bary | ||
Education St Hugh's College, Oxford | ||
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Sally Jones, also known as the White Widow or Umm Hussain al-Britani, is a British-born U.N.-designated recruiter and propagandist for the Islamic State (ISIS).
Jones is the widow of Junaid Hussain, the deceased British computer hacker (killed 25 August 2015) formerly in charge of recruiting new hackers to ISIS. After Hussain was reportedly killed by a U.S. drone strike in September 2015, Jones boasted that her husband was killed by "the greatest enemy of Allah."
Jones's activity online falls in line with her role as leader of the secret "Anwar al-Awlaki" battalion’s female wing. In this role, Jones is responsible for training all European female recruits, or muhajirat, in the use of weapons and tactics. These muhajirat are then trained and instructed to carry out suicide missions in the West, according to leaked ISIS documents.
According to the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), Jones has used Twitter to propagandise for ISIS.
As of July 2017, Jones reportedly wants to return to the United Kingdom. Before joining ISIS she was a punk rock singer.
