Shams and her husband are Muslim fighters.
The love story of a 26-year-old girl named Shams is causing a storm on Malaysian social networks.
`My husband and I are completely different. We come from two different continents and speak different languages. I remember when we first got married three months ago, I told him I didn’t know how to
Shams considered himself obliged to go to Syria to help the fighters with medical skills.
`Stethoscope on my neck and kalash on my shoulder. Martyrdom is my biggest dream,` she wrote on Twitter in January.
Just a month later, Shams began his journey, across Türkiye, with the help of acquaintances through social networks.
Shams took the name `Umm al Baraa` and her husband became `Abu al Baraa`, according to IS convention for couples after marriage.
Shams Facebook page.
Neither she nor her husband had any common language when they married.
Shams’ challenge as a rebel’s wife came just 11 days after the wedding, when her husband was ordered to leave.
`After breakfast, I prepared my bag and gave him the gun. I didn’t even dare to look directly at my husband’s face because I was so miserable. Seeing my pale face, he immediately said: ‘I’m married to you.
That same month, Shams opened up about being pregnant with her first child.
`IS has never killed civilians except those who deserve to die according to Islamic law,` Shams wrote on September 13.
The Malaysian government lists IS as a terrorist organization.
Malaysian police last month warned that citizens who joined IS in Iraq and Syria were returning to target the government and domestic targets.