Zahera Tariq

Zahera Tariq (born 1982) is a British woman who is notable for being jailed for abducting her four children in the process of attempting to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State terrorist group.[2][3][4][1][5] Tariq's disappearance from her home in Walthamstow, London with her four children made headlines in August 2015,[6][7][8][9] and the chase to find her received international attention.[10][11][4] She also gained wider attention for being the sister-in-law of Siddhartha Dhar, an ISIS executioner known as 'Jihadi Sid'.[12][4][1]

Zahera Tariq
Born1982 (age 40–41)
London, UK[1]
Criminal statusReleased
Criminal chargeChild abduction
PenaltyThree years' imprisonment

Biography

Tariq was noted for being the sister-in-law of Siddhartha Dhar, a British-born ISIS executioner who often fronted public Islamic State killing videos and who was regarded as a key ISIS leader.[12][4][2] He would later be shown in an ISIS video murdering five hostages in January 2016.[13] When Tariq disappeared from Walthamstow, London with her four children it made headlines in August 2015,[6][7][8][9] and there was international attention on the subsequent manhunt.[10][14][4] Tariq was arrested in a Turkish border town attempting to cross into Syria with her four children and brought back to the UK, where she was jailed for three years for child abduction.[2][3][4][1][5][12] Her children were between the ages of five and thirteen.[5] It is believed Tariq was trying to join her executioner brother-in-law, forcing her children to join them.[2] Her sister Aisha, wife of "Jihadi Sid", had already travelled to Syria to join her husband after he murdered several people.[4][12]

References
  1. "'Sister-In-Law' Of Jihadi Sid Jailed For Trying To Take Her Children To Syria". Huffington Post. 23 February 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  2. Gardham, Duncan (24 February 2016). "Mother jailed after 'trying to join Isis killer'". The Times. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  3. Hooper, Ryan (23 February 2016). "Mother stopped in Turkey while trying to take her four children to Syria has been jailed". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  4. "Sister-in-law of new Jihadi John suspect jailed for child abduction". The Telegraph. 23 February 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  5. "Mother jailed for trying to smuggle her four children into Syria". Your Local Guardian. 23 February 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  6. "Walthamstow mother and children 'believed to be Syria-bound'". BBC News. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  7. "Police hunt London woman feared to be heading for Syria with her four children". The Guardian. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  8. "Police hunt for missing mother and children bound for Syria". Channel 4 News. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  9. "Neighbour's shock at missing Walthamstow family believed to be Syria-bound". BBC News. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  10. "British Family, Feared Headed for Syria, Detained in Turkey: Counterterror Officials". NBC News. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  11. "Freedom of Movement Tests Continental Unity". New York Times. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  12. "Sister-in-law of 'Jihadi Sid' jailed for child abduction after taking her four children to Syria". Evening Standard. 23 February 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  13. "Mother jailed for trying to smuggle her four children into Syria". This is Local London. 23 February 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
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