Amal el-Wahabi

Amal el-Wahabi is a British woman convicted of funding terrorism, for asking a friend to smuggle funds to Turkey, for her husband, Aine Lesley Davis in her clothing.[1]

Personal life

El-Wahabi was born in the United Kingdom to parents who were immigrants from Morocco. She attended Holland Park Comprehensive.[2]

El-Wahabi and Davis met at her mosque's daycare, when they were 19 years old. The pair had two children together.[3] Prior to his July 2013 departure for occupied Syria, Davis had been a drug dealer, and been convicted possession of weapons charges.[4]

Terrorism

El-Wahabi was convicted of funding terrorism, for trying to send 20,000 euros to her husband, described in court as a fighter for ISIL.[3]

After his departure el-Wahabi had asked a friend, from Holland Park Comprehensive, to smuggle the funds to Turkey, in her underwear.[3] The Mirror, and other newspapers reporting on the trial, described the friend as having been duped into smuggling funds, without realizing the funds were intended to support terrorism.[5] The friend was acquitted, El-Wahabi, on the other hand, was believed to know that funds sent to Davis would be supporting terrorism, and was convicted.[1]

In November 2014, el-Wahabi received a 28-month sentence, half of which she would have to serve in custody.[1]

References

Dominic Casciani (13 November 2014). "Woman jailed for funding Syria jihad". BBC News. Retrieved 10 February 2018. Davis, a former drug dealer with a conviction for possessing a firearm, left the UK in July 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
Lamiat Sabin (4 November 2014). "I went to the UK's 'School of Jihadis', and I can't believe how it has been treated by the press". The Independent. Retrieved 11 February 2018.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
"Two unlikely jihadis: the 'weed-smoking kaffir' and the ignorant dupe". The Guardian. 13 August 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2018. Davis and Wahabi had met when she was 19 at her local mosque near Portobello Road. Her parents never approved as they were suspicious of the origins of the plentiful cash Davis produced with no job or salary to his name. Davis had convictions for possessing a firearm and for possession of cannabis, but was suspected of drug-dealing on a wider scale.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
Simon Hooper (9 May 2017). "British 'Islamic State Beatle' jailed in Turkish trial". Middle East Eye. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2018. Aine Davis is alleged to have been a close associate of Muhammed Emwazi, the IS executioner dubbed "Jihadi John," who appeared in a series of beheading videos in 2014 and 2015. He was one of the so-called "Beatles," a quartet of British IS militants tasked with guarding foreign prisoners in Raqqa, according to media reports and the accounts of former captives.
Anthony Bond (13 November 2014). "ISIS: Young mum jailed after trying to send cash to Jihadi husband fighting in Syria". The Mirror (UK). Archived from the original on 14 November 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2018. Amal El-Wahabi, 28, hoodwinked an old school friend into agreeing to take £15,830 in cash to Turkey for her husband Aine Davis, a drug dealer who went to Syria to fight in July last year.

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[Bbc2014-11-13-1] Dominic Casciani (13 November 2014). "Woman jailed for funding Syria jihad". BBC News. Retrieved 10 February 2018. Davis, a former drug dealer with a conviction for possessing a firearm, left the UK in July 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[TheIndependent2014-11-04-2] Lamiat Sabin (4 November 2014). "I went to the UK's 'School of Jihadis', and I can't believe how it has been treated by the press". The Independent. Retrieved 11 February 2018.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[TheGuardian2014-08-13-3] "Two unlikely jihadis: the 'weed-smoking kaffir' and the ignorant dupe". The Guardian. 13 August 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2018. Davis and Wahabi had met when she was 19 at her local mosque near Portobello Road. Her parents never approved as they were suspicious of the origins of the plentiful cash Davis produced with no job or salary to his name. Davis had convictions for possessing a firearm and for possession of cannabis, but was suspected of drug-dealing on a wider scale.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[Mee2017-05-09-4] Simon Hooper (9 May 2017). "British 'Islamic State Beatle' jailed in Turkish trial". Middle East Eye. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2018. Aine Davis is alleged to have been a close associate of Muhammed Emwazi, the IS executioner dubbed "Jihadi John," who appeared in a series of beheading videos in 2014 and 2015. He was one of the so-called "Beatles," a quartet of British IS militants tasked with guarding foreign prisoners in Raqqa, according to media reports and the accounts of former captives.

[TheMirror2014-11-13-5] Anthony Bond (13 November 2014). "ISIS: Young mum jailed after trying to send cash to Jihadi husband fighting in Syria". The Mirror (UK). Archived from the original on 14 November 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2018. Amal El-Wahabi, 28, hoodwinked an old school friend into agreeing to take £15,830 in cash to Turkey for her husband Aine Davis, a drug dealer who went to Syria to fight in July last year.