US woman was sentenced to 20 years in jail by a US court on Tuesday for helping ISIS. (Representational)
Washington:
An American woman who converted to Islam and joined the Islamic State in Syria, leading an all-female military battalion, was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a US court Tuesday.
Allison Fluke-Ekren, 42, who grew up as a Christian on a farm in Kansas and converted to Islam as an adult, was sentenced in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, after being convicted of providing material support to a terrorist organization.
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