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| | The (now) Muslim woman speaks also: Arabic, Turkish and Spanish.<ref>Laura Johnson, "[https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/2022/02/01/kansas-woman-allison-fluke-ekren-charged-terrorism-isis-bomb-plot-egypt-libya-syria-topeka/9297823002/ What to know about Allison Fluke-Ekren, former Kansas woman accused of ISIS plot]", ''Topeka Capital-Journal'', Feb 1, 2022.</ref> | | The (now) Muslim woman speaks also: Arabic, Turkish and Spanish.<ref>Laura Johnson, "[https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/2022/02/01/kansas-woman-allison-fluke-ekren-charged-terrorism-isis-bomb-plot-egypt-libya-syria-topeka/9297823002/ What to know about Allison Fluke-Ekren, former Kansas woman accused of ISIS plot]", ''Topeka Capital-Journal'', Feb 1, 2022.</ref> |
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| | + | She is a former teacher.<ref name=nypost-3feb2022/><ref>"[https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/29/us/politics/american-woman-islamic-state-fluke-ekren.amp.html American Woman Accused of Prominent Role in Islamic State]", ''NYT'', Jan 29, 2022.<blockquote>The woman, Allison Fluke-Ekren, 42, a former teacher from Kansas, was charged with providing material support to a terrorist organization.</blockquote></ref> |
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| | + | ==Ransoming her own kids== |
| | + | She is accused of ransom her own children to their father and her first husband, James Fluke, after she left the US and became radicalized |
| | + | The Kansas mom fled to Turkey with son Gabriel, then 8, and daughter Alaina, then 7, with second husband Volkan Ekren amid a custody battle with Fluke. |
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| | The husband of the ''ISIS mom'' had lost contact with his children for 10 years after she fled to the Middle East and ransomed them for $6,000 before faking her own death in Syria.<ref>Greg Woodfield, "[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10470091/Kansas-ISIS-mom-tried-ransom-kids-father-left-US.html EXCLUSIVE: 'I hope they lock her up and throw away the key.' Ex-husband of Kansas 'ISIS mom' reveals he lost contact with his children for 10 years after she fled to the Middle East and ransomed them for $6,000 before faking her own death in Syria]", ''Dailymail.Com'', 03 Feb 2022.</ref> | | The husband of the ''ISIS mom'' had lost contact with his children for 10 years after she fled to the Middle East and ransomed them for $6,000 before faking her own death in Syria.<ref>Greg Woodfield, "[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10470091/Kansas-ISIS-mom-tried-ransom-kids-father-left-US.html EXCLUSIVE: 'I hope they lock her up and throw away the key.' Ex-husband of Kansas 'ISIS mom' reveals he lost contact with his children for 10 years after she fled to the Middle East and ransomed them for $6,000 before faking her own death in Syria]", ''Dailymail.Com'', 03 Feb 2022.</ref> |
| | Her family wants no contact with the ISIS mom.<ref name=bbc-31jan2022>"[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60173503 Family wants no contact with accused US IS member]", ''BBC'', Jan 31, 2022.</ref> | | Her family wants no contact with the ISIS mom.<ref name=bbc-31jan2022>"[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60173503 Family wants no contact with accused US IS member]", ''BBC'', Jan 31, 2022.</ref> |
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