Tania Georgelas went to Syria in 2013, although she felt she “wasn’t ready”

A British jihadist bride who married America’s most senior Islamic State member said she was radicalised by racism in the UK.

Tania Georgelas, 33, said that she suffered bigotry while growing up in Harrow, northwest London, and was driven to the terror group.

John Georgelas, known as Yahya al-Bahrumi, is still in Syria. Tania Joya married the American in 2003 THE ATLANTIC

“I faced a lot of racism,” she said. “I was looking for a way to retaliate, and I wanted honour again.”

Ms Georgelas, whose birth name is Joya, was one of five children of British-Bangladeshi parents. She started smoking cannabis while studying for her A levels and is thought to have fallen under the influence of a group of ultra-conservative Algerian students. She began supporting gender segregation and wearing a full-body veil and said the September 11, 2001, attacks were a turning