American Woman Alleged to Have Joined IS Goes on Trial
Prosecutors say Halima Salman learned to use an assault rifle and received ammunition from an ISIS military battalion when she was 18.
- On Tuesday, American Halima Salman went on trial in Brooklyn Federal Court, charged with receiving military training from the Islamic State group.
- Salman allegedly traveled to IS-controlled Syria in late 2016 or early 2017 via Russia and Turkey, where she later married German-Afghan IS fighter Abu Ali.
- Court filings allege that at 18, Salman received training to use an assault rifle and ammunition from an ISIS military battalion, a crime carrying up to 10 years of imprisonment.
- Her defense attorney argued that Salman was "the victim of her bringing her as a child to ISIS territory in Syria", adding she was unaware of the man's pro-IS beliefs.
- The Program on Extremism has identified 83 American adults affiliated with jihadist groups in Syria or Iraq, while Kurdish forces still hold around 2,200 foreign relatives of suspected IS fighters.
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Halima Salman, now 27, arrived in Syria in 2016 with her parents and siblings, where she joined an Islamic State battalion.
The charge, receiving military training from a foreign terrorist organization, may carry up to 10 years in prison. Salman is not accused of participating directly in combat.
A young woman faces trial in New York for alleged military training with the Islamic State. This is the first case of this kind in the U.S. The defense claims that she was taken to Syria as a minor. The prosecution presents incriminating images as part of her evidence.
American woman alleged to have joined IS goes on trial
Halima Salman, 27, was one of hundreds of women who ended up in the territory controlled by the Islamic State (IS) married to jihadist fighters before being captured and detained pending their repatriation. The fate of these women and their children has proven a sticking point for the Western countries from where some originated, with many trapped or stripped of their citizenship by their former homelands. Salman's mother is an American, and her…
The trial of a 27-year-old American woman accused of training to fight for the Islamic State group in Syria began today in federal court in New York. According to a judicial source, it is the first time an American woman has had to answer for such events in […]
The trial of a 27-year-old American woman accused of training to fight for the Islamic State group in Syria began today in federal court in New York. According to a judicial source, it is the first time an American woman has had to answer for such events during a trial on American soil. A prominent American jihadist who led an Islamic State (IS) battalion was convicted in 2022 without a trial after pleading guilty.
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