A top federal appeals court has upheld the terrorism conviction of the wife of a German-born rapper who joined the Islamic State extremist group in Syria and likely died in an airstrikeBERLIN -- A top federal appeals court has upheld the terrorism conviction of the wife of a German-born rapper who joined the Islamic State extremist group in Syria and likely died in an airstrike, authorities said Monday. In its decision, the Karlsruhe-based court said it had found no legal errors were made by the Hamburg state court in its October conviction of the woman, who was 36 at the time. The court found she used social media and email to promote life in the “caliphate'” and encouraged other women from Germany to move to the territory that had been captured by the Islamic State. In addition to weapons training, she raised her children according to Islamic State ideology and subjected them to danger by keeping them in an area targeted by airstrikes, the court said. She was arrested as part of Germany's efforts to prosecute of both men and women who have returned after fighting with the Islamic State group or other extremist groups in the Middle East.

Source: ABC News March 22, 2021 11:48 UTC