‘Mamie Djihad’ and ‘the white widow’: constructing French and British national identities in terrorist times of crisis

Figures & data

Table 1. Delegitimisation strategies through reporting fragmented speech and implicit antithesis.

	Rivière	Jones
Maternal pride in their children vs supporting IS	“I am not surprised [at her son becoming a high-ranking ISIS official] […] I knew you would climb. You are made for this” Le Point (2017b).	“If it was my son in the [execution] video i would be very proud, and may Allah swt [glory to him, the exalted] reward all of them cubs of the khilafah [caliphate] aameen” Independent (2017a).
Maternal love of life vs welcoming death	“I know it is going to happen, of course, but if it does I will be happy for him because I know what it means for him. I know he will get into heaven, near Allah […] I want what he wants [dying as a martyr], like any good mother” Le Monde (2017a).	“By the way my son collects grenades now…not bugs Alhamdulillah for getting my beautiful boy to the Islamic State [all sic]” Independent (2016)
Maternal peace vs advocating violence	“Kill cops. Women, preferably. Kill. Kill. You go out with a knife, you slit the throat of the first cop you see” Le Monde (2017a)	“You Christians all need beheading with a nice blunt knife and stuck on the railings at Raqqa … Come here I’ll do it for you” The Times (2014b).

Le Point. 2017b. “‘Mamie Djihad’: Son Indéfectible Amour Pour Son Fils et Les Armes.” Accessed October 5, 2017.

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Independent. 2017a. “British Isis Wife ‘Wants to Flee Syria but Her Young Son is Refusing.” Accessed July 31, 2017.

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Le Monde. 2017a. “Au Nom Du Fils et Du Djihad.” Accessed October 5, 2017.

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Independent. 2016. “‘My Son Collects Grenades Now’: Person Claiming to Be Sally Jones Claims British Boy in Isis Execution Video ’not Her Son.” Accessed September 3, 2016.

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The Times. 2014b. “Female Jihadists Pose a New Threat.” Accessed September 2, 2014.

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