Overview

• The daughter, identified as Fatima, addressed Ihsan and Zahraa Ali at Monday’s sentencing, telling her father he tried to kill her, according to K5 News reports cited by multiple outlets.
• The October 2024 confrontation at Timberline High School was described in court records as a chokehold attack tied to her refusal of an arranged marriage abroad, and portions were captured on video.
• Ihsan Ali was convicted of assault and unlawful imprisonment and received 20 months in prison, the maximum allowed under the counts of conviction.
• Zahraa Ali was convicted of violating a restraining order barring her from school grounds and was sentenced to roughly one year, also the maximum permitted.
• Judge Christine Schaller said bystanders likely saved the teen’s life and ordered Ihsan Ali to have no contact with his daughter for the next decade.