Our thanks to L for this. Extracts:
The court had heard how Ahmed had been a “prolific” contributor to a Facebook group, which described itself as a “pro-IS group, the purpose of it is to connect mawhideen brothers from different parts of the world and to help each other”.
She praised the Paris terror attacks and her posts included a speech by an IS spokesman and a link to an “extensive online library” of terrorist publications, the court heard…
The court heard Ahmed’s behaviour was borne from a difficult period of her life, and she had now rejected extremism…
Judge Moss said her period in custody had already had an “extremely adverse effect on the children”.
He told Ahmed: “You have devoted your life, apart from this abhorrent behaviour, to the care of your children.
