A JIHADI “bride” jailed after fleeing the UK to join ISIS has re-branded herself as a dating coach.
Reality TV-obsessed posted snaps of her posing with AK-47s and ISIS balaclavas before she was – but now she offers relationship advice on .
Tareena Shakil has been posting videos on TikTok offering dating advice to womenCredit: TikTok/@thatgirl.tamtam
Shakil previously posted photos of her posing with assault riflesCredit: PA:Press Association
She was jailed in 2016 for terror offences after returning to the UKCredit: PA
The mum secretly travelled to war-torn Raqqa with her toddler son in 2014, though eventually returned to Britain and was locked up two years later.
Since , however, Shakil’s spoken of her “long journey” to become de-radicalised.
And now she’s helping women to recognise toxic behaviour in and how to find a soulmate.
Her TikTok bio states: “You’re safe here Girls” and a video posted on Friday sees her explaining how men make women they’re obsess over them.
“When they block you, it’s a punishment because they know it’s going to hurt you,” she says.
“When they unblock you it’s a reward because they know you’re going to be waiting for them to unblock you.”
She goes on to say: “People use this manipulation tactic when they wanna get people hooked on them – when they want some right where want them.”
She described it like addiction, adding: “It’s designed to keep you chasing the reward… you’re constantly chasing that feeling.”
Further advice videos see her explaining first dates, whether to know if you’re in love and how to “act like a cat” around men.
In other posts, showing her on glam trips to the likes of , male followers tell her she’s “the most beautiful woman in the world” and “so cute”.
Other videos also see her talk about the of being part of , saying in one: “You don’t have to be Muslim for us to help you.
“Whenever you have read or seen anything that says Muslims hate the West, they’re a danger to the West, they hate non-Muslims, you have been lied to.”
Desire to become a ‘martyr’
Shakil travelled to in October 2014 with her 14-month-old son to join the terrorist group, having expressed a desire to become a “martyr”.
Once there, Shakil boasted of joining the terrifying Islamic State, posing with weapons, with even her infant son seen sat next to an assault rifle and wearing an ISIS-branded hat.
She ultimately returned to the UK after apparently telling an IS minder she had to go visit her husband, who didn’t exist.
The mum then got a taxi to take her close to – running across a field to safety.
Returning to the UK, Shakil was found guilty of encouraging acts of on social media and being a member of Islamic State, jailed for six years.
The judge found she had intentionally travelled to the war-torn region to “produce the next generation of fighters”.
A court heard Shakil had been radicalised online before travelling to the war-torn regionCredit: PA:Press Association
Shakil at East Midlands Airport with her toddler before the pair boarded a flight to Turkey en route to SyriaCredit: PA:Press Association
As well as dating advice, she also posts about fashion and her glam trips abroadCredit: TikTok/@thatgirl.tamtam
Shakil claimed in recent years that she .
Prior to that her family claimed by joining ISIS.
She had claimed she travelled to Syria to live under Sharia but escaped three months later when she realised the regime’s brutality.
But the found she had been radicalised online and willingly embraced the terrorist group.
Shakil is reported to have said she had fled after being forced to marry a “one-legged” jihadi fighter, and said there was an “arrangement” in place, though it’s unclear if she actually ever tied the knot.
The mum, who earned the nickname the jihadi for her love of reality shows, from prison after less than three years.
Her TikTok posts date back to May 2022.
She was posts under the handle @ThatGirlTamTam, with selfies on posted with the hashtags ‘ blogger’ and ‘style’, while other photos show her posing outside Dior and Givenchy.
Shakil has set herself up as a fashion influencerCredit: Instagram/tareena.shakil
She boasts nearly 50,000 followers on TikTokCredit: Instagram/tareena.shakil
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