An estimated 148 Kurdish students kidnapped by ISIL are being 'brainwashed' into becoming suicide bombers for Islamist militants after being kidnapped in Syria.Islamists are radicalizing these 148 Kurdish students by forcibly giving them training in Sharia law, military education and horrific executions. while parents are concerned that some of the students will join the radicals. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, which has since taken over large swaths of northern and central Iraq, abducted more than 600 children on May 30 as they attempted to travel from Kurdish villages along the Turkish border to the rebel held portions of Aleppo for their final exams. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, which has since taken over large swaths of northern and central Iraq, abducted more than 600 children on May 30 as they attempted to travel from Kurdish villages along the Turkish border to the rebel held portions of Aleppo for their final exams.