Mariam Raad

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'ISIS bride' Mariam Raad released on bail (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Mariam Raad has been granted conditional bail after being charged with willingly entering an Islamic State-controlled region in 2014.

She was granted conditional bail and is due to appear in court in March. We don’t know which communities have been put at risk. Her husband was reportedly killed by an airstrike in 2018.

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ISIS wife Mariam Raad, who returned to Australia last year, granted ... (ABC News)

Mariam Raad is granted bail in Griffith Local Court after being charged with a terrorism offence over her time in Syria.

"Our assurance for the Australian people … [Thursday night] was the first night she spent in a cell, separated from her children," her lawyer, Moustafa Kheir, said. "Mariam doesn't pose a risk to society. "I've spoken to her and it was a terrible experience both for her and her children." The lawyer for a repatriated "ISIS bride" — who has been charged over her travel to Syria — says her night in custody was "terrible" and the first she had spent away from her children. Ms Raad's defence lawyer argued there was "no evidence" she was an ongoing threat to people, and had strong ties to her community in Young.

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NSW woman Mariam Raad granted bail after being charged with ... (The Guardian)

Raad, who was repatriated from Syria to Australia in 2022, was forced to surrender her passport and will appear at court again in March.

Raad was one of four women and 13 children repatriated from the Syrian camp to Sydney in October last year. The investigation into the woman began when she was in Syria and continued after she returned. It will be further alleged Raad was aware of her husband’s activities with IS and willingly travelled to the conflict region. Margaret Roles, the mayor of Hilltops Council, which oversees Young, said it wasn’t known that Raad was in the community and declined to comment further as the matter is before the courts. It will be alleged in court that Raad travelled to Syria in early 2014 to join her husband - Muhammad Zahab - who left Australia in 2013 and joined IS. [Syria](https://www.theguardian.com/world/syria), which was under the control of the terrorist group IS - in breach of federal law.

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New rules for ISIS bride after terror charge (NEWS.com.au)

A young ISIS bride has been released on bail after she was arrested for allegedly travelling to Syria to live with her husband who had joined Islamic State.

Her passport has been surrendered to the authorities. She faces up to 10 years’ imprisonment if found guilty. A young ISIS bride has been released on bail after she was arrested for allegedly travelling to Syria to live with her husband who had joined Islamic State.

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ISIS bride facing terror charge is released back into the community (Sky News Australia)

An Islamic State bride has been granted bail after she was charged by police for allegedly entering parts of Syria under the control of a terror ...

"My goal if I go back to Australia, I want to be a working mother... Raad will appear at court again in March. 25+ news channels in 1 place. [The Australian in July during an interview](https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/repatriated-isis-bride-arrested-and-to-face-court-on-terrorism-charges/news-story/f1b9f85d17e365a026289cf7efb02ad9) at the Syrian camp that she was not a threat to Australia. It will also be alleged she knew of her husband's activities with ISIS and had willingly travelled to the Middle East to be with the maths teacher turned terror recruiter. [Mariam Raad, 3](https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/sussan-ley-demands-answers-from-bill-shorten-on-islamic-state-brides-as-wife-who-returned-is-charged-by-police/news-story/fedc08a9bbd3a2c27ee03e025a425062)1, who returned to Australia with a group of 16 women and children from the al-Roj Syrian camp in October 2022, was arrested on Thursday in the New South Wales regional town of Young where she had been relocated.

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Returned Islamic State fighter wife Mariam Raad, arrested in Young ... (Daily Advertiser)

It's understood Raad is in custody in Wagga. She is due to appear before the local court via...

She is due to appear before Griffith Local Court via an audio-visual link on Friday. She was charged with entering, or remaining in, "declared areas" - in this case Syria, which was under the control of the terrorist group IS - in breach of federal law. A NSW woman who was repatriated to Australia from a Syrian refugee camp is due to face court after being charged with entering and remaining in parts of Syria that were under the control of Islamic State.

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ISIS bride Mariam Raad to face court over charges of willingly ... (Daily Mail)

Mariam Raad, 31, was arrested after search warrants were issued in the NSW country town of Young and the western Sydney suburb of Parklea on Thursday ...

The mother of four previously told The Australian while situated in a refugee camp that she posed no threat to Australians (pictured: al roj camp in northeast Syria) The mother of four previously told The Australian while in a refugee camp that she was ready to come home (pictured, stock image) Police will allege Ms Raad travelled to Syria in early 2014 to join her husband Muhammad Zahab, who left Australia in 2013, to join the fight for Islamic State In a statement, the JCTT said 'newly obtained evidence' had led to Ms Raad being charged (pictured, displaced Syrians get in a truck at the Internally Displaced Persons camp of al-Hol) She will front Wagga Wagga Local Court on Friday after she was charged with entering and remaining in parts of Syria, believed to be the city of Raqqa, that were under the control of the Islamic State terrorist organisation. [Syria](/news/syria/index.html) in early 2014 to join her husband Muhammad Zahab, who had left Australia in 2013 to join Islamic State.

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NSW woman who allegedly joined IS fighter husband in Syria ... (SBS)

Mariam Raad was one of four women and 13 children repatriated from a refugee camp in Syria to Sydney.

Ms Raad faced Griffith Local Court via an audio-visual link on Friday after being held in custody in Wagga. It will be further alleged Ms Raad was aware of her husband's activities with IS and willingly travelled to the conflict region. - It is also alleged Ms Raad was aware of her husband's activities with IS and willingly travelled to the region.

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