From the Liveblog of
Thursday, May 12, 2016
Saudi woman gets 6-year sentence for supporting IS
A Saudi woman is sentenced to six years in prison for “acts of sedition” including pledging allegiance to the Islamic State jihadist group, newspapers report.
Al-Hayat daily reports that the judge decides to keep her in jail for only three years after she expresses “regret” for her “acts of sedition” and suspends the rest of the sentence. She is however banned from traveling abroad for six years, it adds.
The woman is convicted of pledging allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the Islamic State group that has seized territory in Iraq and Syria. She posted messages on Twitter supporting a deadly attack on security forces, and hung posters at a mosque and on utility poles to seek the release of a suspected militant, Saudi Gazette says.
— AFP
The Times of Israel Community.