The behavior of the Finnish government and Minister Pekka Haavisto's (Green party) has shown that Islamist women and children in the Al-Hol camp are not a trivial issue. The problem, according to a major Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat (HS), is "whether the safety of Finns is more important than the rights of the child".
With regard to security, the situation is quite clear, as there are already hundreds of people in Finland who have terrorist affiliations. Al-Hol's ISIS women and children are associated with this, according to Security Police estimates, as follows: "women who are likely to return from the area are likely to continue their terrorist activities, network with each other and reintegrate into domestic jihadist networks."
However, the question is not as straightforward as HS in its characterization implies, but it must be accompanied by an assessment of whether the terrorist woman's willingness to ride with her children to continue their jihadist activities in Finland outweighs children's rights or the safety of Finns. That is because the curds do not allow children to leave the camp alone against the will of the mother.
The situation is comparable to that of Finnish war children during 1939-1944. After all, Finnish families prioritized the safety of their children and sent them to the western neighbor by their own will in an emergency that threatened the country. In contrast, terrorist women in Al-Hol refuse to send their own descendants - often teenagers - to safety, even in inhumane conditions, unless allowed to follow them.
Therefore, the Finnish government also needs to consider how it views terrorist women's lack of responsibility on the safety of their own children. So, are we accepting the ISIS women's blackmail over their children's rights? And at the same time are we going to forget the security of our own society?
The original blog text in Finnish
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