Meanwhile in Kansas: 42-Year-Old Mom Accused of Joining ISIS Only to Lead Group of Female Fighters, So Like Super Karen

Some women are taking this Karen thing too far. It was never meant to be a badge of honor; it was supposed to be a scarlet letter. And yet, some ladies just don’t know when to quit. Take, for example, Allison Fluke-Ekren. She’s a 42-year-old mom from Kansas who was recently taken into custody by the FBI. Why? Because she allegedly flew to Syria to join ISIS, then went on to lead a group of female soldiers and began planning attacks against the U.S.

Sounds outrageous, right? Like the stuff of a biopic. And yet, a criminal complaint laid out Fluke-Ekren’s trajectory from Kansas bumpkin to radical terrorist.

Fluke-Ekren was once a married teacher who homeschooled her four children. But in 2008, her family moved to Egypt. Three years later, they relocated to Libya.

In 2012, they were “smuggled” into Syria because the mother ship “wished to engage in violent jihad.” To that end, she spent $15K on handguns, AK-47 assault rifles, and grenades. She was supposedly working on a plan that involved showing up at a U.S. college with a backpack full of explosives (real original, Allison). This plan got as far as to be seen and approved by ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

Then her plan hit a literal bump: Fluke-Ekren got pregnant. So she stepped back from the blow-‘em-all-up plan and instead focused on translating ISIS speeches and training women and children to use weapons including automatic AK-47s and suicide belts…as one does while awaiting the arrival of a new baby.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, Fluke-Ekren’s husband was killed. She responded to this tragedy by marrying an ISIS leader, then teamed up with a battalion of other ISIS wives who wanted to join the cause. Soon, she was promoted to leader of the group, and trained over 100 women and girls how to fight.

Her next big plan was to target a U.S. shopping mall’s underground parking garage with a car of explosives, but her new husband disapproved, so it never came to fruition.

“Fluke-Ekren stated that she considered any attack that did not kill a large number of individuals to be a waste of resources,” the complaint said.

OK, then. Luckily, the authorities got to her before she could cause any major damage. If convicted, she could face up to 20 years in prison. Somehow, for a woman this hellbent on destruction, two decades doesn’t seem like nearly enough time behind bars.

Good luck in the big house, Allison. Here’s hoping the other hardcore Karens aren’t too tough on you.

Cover Photo: Alexandria Sheriff’s Office

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