Investigation found at least eight Saudi women, who “sympathized’ with the IS terrorist group, a local newspaper reported.

The women were given precautionary advice by the authorities after they were found to have been promoting the radical IS ideology via social networking sites.

According to the local publication citing sources, the Saudi authorities managed to learn the names of the women. They were not arrested, but were advised and warned against adopting such destructive thoughts.

The women received this advice through meetings with their parents, where the precautions were presented by female specialists from Prince Mohammed bin Naif Counseling and Care Center.

The sources said their names posted on the social networking sites are not their actual names, but are fake Daesh names intended to arouse the interest of the public giving an impression that Daesh had penetrated the Saudi community. The sources noted the number of females with the Daesh ideology in the Kingdom is actually very very low.

The Sakina Campaign, an organization that seeks to deal with and counsel women with deviant thoughts, reported that the proportion of Saudi women participating in the terrorist groups is very low; and that the nature of the Saudi counselling program is focused on managing interactive discussions.

During the years 2003 and 2004, women in this organization used to lead 40 percent of such forums and discussions.

The campaign’s site reported that the Daesh group has devised new methods and approaches to attract women, including the establishment of female battalions, the most famous of which is Khansa battalion established in early 2014.

The site claimed women who joined the battalion included Tunisian, European and Chechen nationalities thus far, but added that women from the Gulf area are not welcomed to join and train within the ranks of Daesh.