Amal el-Wahabi


Amal el-Wahabi is the first United Kingdom woman to be convicted of a terrorism related offence associated with the uprising in Syria.

Personal life

El-Wahabi was born in the United Kingdom to parents who were immigrants from Morocco. She attended Holland Park Comprehensive, a school some reporters dubbed "The UK's School for Jihadis", when the press realized that multiple graduates appeared to have an association with terrorism.
El-Wahabi and Davis met at her mosque's daycare, when they were 19 years old. The pair had two children together. Prior to his July 2013 departure for occupied Syria Davis had worked as a drug dealer, and was convicted on drug and weapons charges.

Terrorism

El-Wahabi was convicted of funding terrorism, for trying to send 20,000 euros to her husband, Aine Lesley Davis, described in court as a fighter to the short-lived Daesh "Islamic State".
After his departure el-Wahabi had asked a friend, from Holland Park Comprehensive, Nawal Msaad, to smuggle the funds to Turkey, in her underwear. , and other newspapers reporting on the trial, described Msaad as having been duped into smuggling funds, without realizing the funds were intended to support terrorism. Msaad was acquitted. El-Wahabi, on the other hand, was believed to know that funds sent to Davis would be supporting terrorism, and was convicted.
In November 2014 el-Wahabi received a 28-month sentence, only half of which she would have to serve in custody.