Montreal woman who joined ISIS as a teen convicted of aiding a terrorist group

Oumaima Chouay, who fled her home in Montreal nearly a decade ago to join ISIS in Syria, is the first person in Canada convicted for providing family support to a terrorist entity as a spouse.

Chouay was sentenced Monday to one day of custody, in addition to the 110 days she served in pretrial detention, according to the Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC). The 29-year-old also received a three-year probation order.

The sentence was a joint recommendation from the Crown prosecution and Chouay’s lawyer, Dominique Shoofey.

PPSC director George Dolhai said in a statement that the sentence reflected the steps “Ms. Chouay has taken to demonstrate remorse, take responsibility, commit to fundamental change and a rejection of extremist ideology.”

Read more: CBC News (Canada)