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British woman Tareena Shakil guilty of joining IS
Source: BBC
British woman Tareena Shakil guilty of joining IS
29 January 2016 England
A British mother who took her toddler son to Syria, has been found guilty of membership of so-called Islamic State.
Tareena Shakil, 26, is the first British woman to return from the self-declared caliphate to be convicted of the offence.
Shakil, of Birmingham, has also been found guilty of encouraging acts of terrorism through messages posted on Twitter. She denied the charges.
She had admitted travelling to Syria.
But following a two-week trial at Birmingham Crown Court, the jury rejected her claim that she had only wished to live under Sharia law.
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29 January 2016 England
A British mother who took her toddler son to Syria, has been found guilty of membership of so-called Islamic State.
Tareena Shakil, 26, is the first British woman to return from the self-declared caliphate to be convicted of the offence.
Shakil, of Birmingham, has also been found guilty of encouraging acts of terrorism through messages posted on Twitter. She denied the charges.
She had admitted travelling to Syria.
But following a two-week trial at Birmingham Crown Court, the jury rejected her claim that she had only wished to live under Sharia law.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-35443884
