Zeinab Ahmad Charged with Slavery Offences After Returning to Australia
Zeinab Ahmad was charged with slavery offences after returning to Australia. A teenage slave lived with her and was repeatedly assaulted and raped by her father. Chief Magistrate Lisa Hannan denied her bail application, finding she posed an unacceptable terrorism risk and there was no compelling evidence she had renounced the extremist group.
Zeinab Ahmad was charged with slavery offences after returning to Australia. A teenage slave lived with her and was repeatedly assaulted and raped by her father. According to gdelt, Zeinab Ahmad left Melbourne for Turkey with her husband Dawod in November 2014 and told migration officers her plan was to stay for seven months. gdelt reported that she and Dawod moved to Syria in January 2015, where Dawod became a member of Islamic State and died in a Syrian drone strike in May 2016. gdelt reported that Zeinab Ahmad made social media posts saying Dawod had lived out his dream of becoming a martyr and called on Allah to 'destroy the United States and its allies'. gdelt also reported that Zeinab Ahmad was living in the family home in Syria in 2017 and that her father Mohammad bought a teenage girl as a slave for $US10,000 that year. According to abc_au, Zeinab Ahmad allegedly crossed into Syria with her family in 2015. Chief Magistrate Lisa Hannan refused Zeinab Ahmad’s bail application, finding she posed an unacceptable terrorism risk and there was no compelling evidence she had renounced the extremist group, according to thenightly.com.au.
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