Alabama woman who joined Isis is not US citizen, judge rules

[Eugene]

Source: Agence France-Presse

Alabama woman who joined Isis is not US citizen, judge rules

Agence France-Presse
Thu 14 Nov 2019 23.54 GMT

A judge sided with the Trump administration on Thursday in ruling that an Alabama woman who joined the Islamic State group was not a US citizen, leaving the 25-year-old and her son in limbo in Syria.

Hoda Muthana, an American-born woman who left Alabama to join Isis in 2014, has said she “deeply regrets” joining the terrorist group and wants to return to the US with her young son.

Reggie Walton, a federal judge in Washington, agreed with the government’s position that Muthana’s father was still a diplomat when she was born, making her ineligible for US citizenship, a lawyer for Muthana said.

The lawyer, Christina Jump, said she was waiting to read the written ruling and that the Constitutional Law Center for Muslims in America, which is representing Muthana, would look at further options.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/14/hoda-muthana-isis-not-us-citizen-ruling

[Jake Stern]

1. Womp Womp

It’s truly galling when her defenders try to portray her actions as some kind of “youthful mistake”, like she took someone’s car for a joyride or was busted shoplifting a DVD.

Nick Sandmann made a “youthful mistake”, dumbass high schoolers throwing up the Nazi salute made a “youthful mistake”. Hoda volunteered to be a jihadi with a ruthless terrorist organization.