US EditionQuebec woman who left Canada to join ISIS pleads guilty to terrorism offence
QUEBEC, CANADA, JUL 21 – Oumaima Chouay received a sentence including probation after pleading guilty to supporting ISIS through marriage and family roles, with experts rating her risk of reoffending as very low.
- On Monday, Oumaima Chouay pleaded guilty to one count of participating in ISIS activities, receiving one day behind bars, 110 days pretrial detention and three years probation.
- According to court documents, Chouay anticipated a role married to an ISIS fighter and child rearing under its doctrine, and on Feb. 2, 2015 she posted the Islamic State flag as her Facebook profile photo.
- The Integrated National Security Enforcement Team assessed she poses no significant danger to Canadian society, while independent experts concluded her recidivism risk is very low.
- The Public Prosecution Service of Canada noted she is the first person convicted for family-related support to a terrorist group, and said she must undergo depolarization therapy and avoid extremist contacts.
- On Oct. 25, 2022, she was arrested by the RCMP at Montreal’s Trudeau International Airport after returning from a Syrian detention camp with her two children, RCMP says, after being held by the Syrian Democratic Forces at the Roj Camp long ago.
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A Quebec woman pleaded guilty on Monday to one count of participating in activities of terrorist group, ISIS. Oumaima Chouay, 29, left Canada for Syria to join ISIS, knowing that she would have to marry an ISIS fighter and raise children according to ISIS doctrine, according to an agreed statement of facts. Quebec’s Superior […]
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