German woman who converted to Islam goes on trial – TheNigerialawyer

A German woman, Sabine S, who converted to Islam and went to
live under Islamic State in the Middle East before returning to
Germany, went on trial for membership of the terrorist organisation
on Friday.

Sabine S, 32, had lived in Syria and Iraq between December 2013
and August 2017, federal prosecutor Stefan Biel told the Higher
State Court in Stuttgart.

“I wanted to live under Islamic law, but not fight,’’ the
defendant told the court as the trial began.

She was arrested in Baden-Baden in mid-2018 following her
return.

Before leaving for the Middle East, Sabine S lived with the
father of her two children in Berlin, converting to Islam at the
age of 22.

According to her own version of events, she became radicalised
before she left.

On arriving in Syria, she married a high-ranking Islamic State
fighter from Azerbaijan, who was previously unknown to her, Biel
said.

She had two more children with this man, who died in December
2016.

According to the charge sheet, she praised life under Islamic
State in internet blogs.

She is charged with participating in public executions as a
spectator and with having undergone training in the use of
firearms.

She is said to have done household duties and cared for her
children, being paid 100 dollars a month and receiving 35 dollars a
month from Islamic State for each of the children.

Prosecutors had earlier successfully appealed against a federal
court ruling that she should not be held in custody while awaiting
trial.

The federal court initially ruled that merely living under
Islamic State and participating in daily life was insufficient for
her to be held in custody.

(dpa/NAN)

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