Emilie Konig
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Emilie König is a citizen of France, who converted to Islam, and who is alleged to have served as recruiter, once she went to live in the Islamic State, an break-away region of Iraq and Syria, where Sunni fundamentalists attempted to form a country that very strictly complied with a fundamentalist interpretation of Koranic law.[1] According to the New York Times she is one of just two women who the United Nations has asked member nations to freeze their financial assets due to suspected ties to terrorism.[2]
König born in Brittany, France.[1] Her father was a policeman. She converted to Islam, as a teenager, and started wearing a black abaya and face covering.
König has two children from a marraige that ended in divorce.[1]
In 2012 König was the subject of a 2012 documentary Emilie König vs Ummu Tawwab, about French muslims who wore a face covering.[1]
König traveled to Syria later in 2012.[1] She left her children in France. According to the New York Times, after she arrived in occupied Syria she eventually became a "a prominent propagandist and recruiter for the Islamic State."
In late 2017, after years of fighting, Raqqa, the breakaway region's fell to militia's from Kurdistan.[1] König, and many other followers fell into Kurdish custody. She apologized to her family, and to France, and pleaded to be repatriated. On January 11, 2018 the New York Times profiled her, and described the difficult choices her plea for repatriation posed for policy makers in France.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Alissa J. Rubin (2018-01-11). "She Left France to Fight in Syria. Now She Wants to Return. But Can She?". New York Times (Paris, France). https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/world/europe/emilie-konig-france-islamic-state.html. Retrieved 2018-01-11. "A woman who left France and became a prominent propagandist and recruiter for the Islamic State has asked her family, friends and country for a pardon."
- ↑ Rex Tillerson. "Individuals and Entities Designated by the State Department Under E.O. 13224". United States Department of State. https://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/other/des/143210.htm. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
