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| Terror accused Tareena Shakil 'didn't know about' IS | Terror accused Tareena Shakil 'didn't know about' IS |
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| A mother accused of taking her toddler to Syria and joining the Islamic State group said she only wanted to live under Sharia law, a court has heard. | A mother accused of taking her toddler to Syria and joining the Islamic State group said she only wanted to live under Sharia law, a court has heard. |
| Tareena Shakil said she was unaware of the true nature of IS and her travelling to Syria was "not about fighting or killing anybody". | Tareena Shakil said she was unaware of the true nature of IS and her travelling to Syria was "not about fighting or killing anybody". |
| Ms Shakil told her family in 2014 she was going on holiday to Turkey but instead travelled to the city of Raqqa. | Ms Shakil told her family in 2014 she was going on holiday to Turkey but instead travelled to the city of Raqqa. |
| The 26-year-old from Birmingham denies joining IS and encouraging terrorism. | |
| The jury at Birmingham Crown Court heard Ms Shakil told her family she was going on a beach holiday with her child in October 2014 but instead arrived in the city of Raqqa, the capital of so-called Islamic State. | The jury at Birmingham Crown Court heard Ms Shakil told her family she was going on a beach holiday with her child in October 2014 but instead arrived in the city of Raqqa, the capital of so-called Islamic State. |
| Giving evidence, Ms Shakil said she had sought a pure Muslim life after suffering at the hands of a violent partner who had left her to live in Lebanon earlier that year. | Giving evidence, Ms Shakil said she had sought a pure Muslim life after suffering at the hands of a violent partner who had left her to live in Lebanon earlier that year. |
| After arriving in Turkey she said she flew from her resort to Gaziantep on the Syrian border. There, she claimed, a contact she met online arranged for her to be driven by cab to an apartment block - littered with abandoned pushchairs and suitcases - which was full of women of different nationalities. | After arriving in Turkey she said she flew from her resort to Gaziantep on the Syrian border. There, she claimed, a contact she met online arranged for her to be driven by cab to an apartment block - littered with abandoned pushchairs and suitcases - which was full of women of different nationalities. |
| The following day the women were driven to a farmhouse near Jarabalus where they joined even more women, the court heard. | The following day the women were driven to a farmhouse near Jarabalus where they joined even more women, the court heard. |
| Ms Shakil said after four days she arrived in Raqqa, where she was housed in a walled "mansion", but soon after "wanted to come back to England". | Ms Shakil said after four days she arrived in Raqqa, where she was housed in a walled "mansion", but soon after "wanted to come back to England". |
| 'Wish I was there' | 'Wish I was there' |
| The court was told before she left the UK she had talked on Facebook to a man named Fabio Pocas, whose online profile showed an armed man posing with the black flag of IS. | The court was told before she left the UK she had talked on Facebook to a man named Fabio Pocas, whose online profile showed an armed man posing with the black flag of IS. |
| He warned her of the perils of "living in the land of non-believers", telling her she could not live in a country not ruled by Sharia because it was forbidden. | He warned her of the perils of "living in the land of non-believers", telling her she could not live in a country not ruled by Sharia because it was forbidden. |
| She said: "He told me 'You cannot live in a state that is not under Sharia'. | She said: "He told me 'You cannot live in a state that is not under Sharia'. |
| "He said 'Look sister, by staying in England, you're hanging over the gates of hell. If you die that's where you're going'. | "He said 'Look sister, by staying in England, you're hanging over the gates of hell. If you die that's where you're going'. |
| "The impact on me was fear - any Muslim would want to save themselves from hell, it's just how you go about it." | "The impact on me was fear - any Muslim would want to save themselves from hell, it's just how you go about it." |
| Ms Shakil said she had no knowledge of the nature of the terror organisation before she left the UK in 2014, returning in February 2015. | Ms Shakil said she had no knowledge of the nature of the terror organisation before she left the UK in 2014, returning in February 2015. |
| Admitting she had retweeted images of the black flag of IS, she said she had no idea they were associated with the group, thinking they bore the Shahada - the Islamic declaration of faith. | Admitting she had retweeted images of the black flag of IS, she said she had no idea they were associated with the group, thinking they bore the Shahada - the Islamic declaration of faith. |
| Ms Shakil, originally from Burton upon Trent in Staffordshire, said a tweet to a jihadi widow in Syria in September 2014 which said "Wish I was there", was just a reference to living in the self-declared caliphate. | Ms Shakil, originally from Burton upon Trent in Staffordshire, said a tweet to a jihadi widow in Syria in September 2014 which said "Wish I was there", was just a reference to living in the self-declared caliphate. |
| "I knew where she was, Islamic State, but at that time I didn't know about Islamic State," she added. | "I knew where she was, Islamic State, but at that time I didn't know about Islamic State," she added. |
| The trial continues. | The trial continues. |