Overview

• Oumaima Chouay pleaded guilty as the first person convicted under the family-support provision for providing spousal support to ISIS fighters
• She received a one-day custody term in addition to 110 days served and was placed on a three-year probation order
• Chouay was repatriated from Syria in October 2022 and has undergone depolarization therapy with the RCMP rating her recidivism risk as very low
• A joint statement of facts detailed how women in ISIS handled security, fundraising, propaganda and child-rearing to sustain the group’s ideology
• Other Canadian women repatriated from Syrian camps, including Kimberly Polman, remain charged or subject to terrorism peace bonds as authorities refine prosecution strategies