Regarding Kayla Mueller...

[Archae]

Someone on an atheist message board posted this:

"She converted to Islam and married one of her kidnappers. Is this not relevant?"

I asked the source of this, and was told it was in the Wall Street Journal.
I went to the WSJ website, couldn't find this.

Anyone else see this, or is this more far-right smears against Muelller?

[Siwsan]

1. The news, this morning, said she MIGHT have been given to an ISIS member, as a bride

It was one of the morning news shows - don't remember which. And, it wasn't presented as a voluntary union. More like a reward for the fighter.

[Spider Jerusalem]

2. ...

Intelligence also indicated that Ms Mueller was sometimes in the company of an Isis leader who had custody over her – possibly by forced marriage.

Matt Olsen, former head of the National Counterterrorism Centre and current ABC News consultant, said ISIS is known for the “practice of essentially selling off, or putting young women and girls in the company of ISIS militants."

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/kayla-mueller-us-hostage-given-to-isis-commander-10039313.html

[Enrique]

3. to answer that person's question, no it's not relevant

a hostage converting to their captors' religion is meaningless.

[riderinthestorm]

4. I'm sure she was "married" to be in reality a sex slave

As for the "conversion" It wouldn't surprise me that too was a "convert or die" immediately kind of thing. Converting as a prisoner of ISIS is meaningless imo.

[braddy]

5. Time quotes ABC.

"Unnamed US officials even suggested to ABC News that Mueller may have been “given” as a bride to an ISIS commander, which is consistent with the terrorist group’s history of rape and forced marriages with female captives."

[gwheezie]

6. Wtf is wrong with people

How would anyone know. I'm an atheist if my life depended on it I would praise Jesus Allah or anyone else that could get me another day among the living.

[WillyT]

7. Hope THIS Answers Your Question:

DULink: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026213869

[Fred Sanders]

8. This whole discussion is sick. What does it matter? ISIL killed her. Killed her.

[JI7]

9. People can be fucking ignorant

These people probably convince themselves that if they were in the same situation they would have been more brave

[xmas74]

10. Someone I work with, a very RW Republican,

said something about it this morning but he said that he heard it was forced. He also said (and I quote) "Obama better send someone in to cut their balls off!"

In other words, the RW is also disgusted by what happened with this young woman. I know because his only source of news is from FOX 4 and FOX News. (Not even the KC Star, which is pretty local.) He tends to repeat whatever they say so if he's saying this...

[Blue_Tires]

11. It's possible, but it only could have been at gunpoint...