Ex-wife of ISIS fighter convicted in death of James Foley and other hostages says she was ‘oblivious’ Dure Ahmed appeared in Brampton, Ont., court Monday on terrorism peace bond

October 17, 2023 and   

(CBC) A Canadian woman whose marriage to a notorious ISIS fighter is being made public for the first time says she was “oblivious to what was going on” when she lived with him in Syria.

In an interview with CBC and U.K. public broadcaster BBC in Toronto last week, Dure Ahmed, 33, said she was unaware of the atrocities being committed by her then-husband El Shafee Elsheikh, who was part of a cell within ISIS linked to the abduction, torture and beheading of Western hostages.

“It’s like I was oblivious to what was going on,” she said.

She said she accepts that her time with Elsheikh was part of her life, “whether I like it or not.”

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