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French women who've joined the Islamic State have been underestimated as just housewives by French authorities, a new report by the country's Department of Justice concludes.
As France searches for preventative solutions to the issue of home grown extremists joining IS, an official document has emerged which goes against the stereotypical profile of the "French jihadist".
The report, which France's Le Monde newspaper has had access to, states that France's Department of Justice has overlooked the role women have been playing for the Islamic terrorism group in Syria.
France's Criminal Affairs division recently carried out the study titled "Women of Jihad", based on the court hearings of "muharijat", French women who returned to France after joining IS in Syria.