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Tareena Shakil

Tareena Shakil

Tareena Shakil, is a 26 year old British Citizen who went to Syria along with her Toddler in Oct 2014 to join ISIS.

On Feb 1st 2016 a British court sentenced her, the first to join ISIS and return to the UK, to six years in prison for becoming a member of the Islamic State militant group.

Shakil, from Birmingham in central England, denied the charges, claiming she wanted to live under strict Islamic law, not support terrorism and telling jurors she had made a mistake.

But prosecutors said photos on her phone showed her posing with a firearm and her son wearing a hat with the ISIS logo.

Judge Melbourne Inman said Shakil had embraced the Islamic State group and sent messages home saying "that it was part of your faith to kill the murtadeen (apostates) and... you wanted to die a martyr."

"You were well aware that the future which you had subjected your son to was very likely to be indoctrination and thereafter life as a terrorist fighter," the judge said.

Like other European countries, Britain is increasingly concerned about residents —including a growing number of women — travelling to Syria to fight or support militants.

Officials say 56 girls and women from Britain went to Syria last year.

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Citation Linknews.yahoo.comOverview of the story from Yahoo News.She took her toddler to join ISIS.
Feb 2, 2016, 3:48 AM
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Citation Linkbbc.comstory from BBC news
Feb 2, 2016, 3:49 AM
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Citation Linknewsweek.comFirst female British isis member.
Feb 2, 2016, 3:51 AM