The uncles appear to have been killed in fighting in August 2015 when Ahmed Aweys told 'Biza' - Munye's nickname - that Allah had chosen them to be part of 'blessed events'.Īhmed Aweys said that he wanted to become 'hafidh' and be like Sola and Wail. Prosecutors said some other members of the family appeared to be of 'like mind-set' and either actively supported or were at least 'quiet in response' to extremist chat.Īhmed and Asma Aweys shared links to sermons by the al-Qaeda preacher Anwar al-Awlaki and talked about bringing up children in the paths of their uncles Wail and Suleyman, known as Sola. Īs part of Operation Be Pretty 2, police discovered that the family, who are of Somali origin, were sharing ISIS propaganda and messages of support in a family Whatsapp group. Messages found on their phones showed Ahmed Aweys discussing fraud with his brother-in-law Abdulaziz Abu Munye, a former street robber, and telling him he was entitled to take from the 'kuffr'. They were caught red-handed and during searches of their homes police also found £60,000 in cash and £10,000 in gold. The family's extremist views were revealed after a tip off that Ahmed Aweys and his two half-brothers were planning to break into a Muslim-run jewellery shop in Ilford Lane, east London. Munye, who teaches Arabic and works part-time as a graphic designer, married Asma Aweys in 2014 and they have two young boys aged one and three, who are now the subject of a social services care order. Police discovered the family of terrorists, two of which travelled to Syria to fight in 2015, after Asma's brother Ahmed (pictured) began planning a robbery in IlfordĪsma Aweys and Munye lived in the same street in Edmonton as the family of radical preacher Omar Bakri Mohammad, who was banned from Britain in the wake of the 7/7 bombings. 'At the time she did not realise that her comments and downloading documents could get her into so much trouble.'īut Mark Dennis QC said the family 'male and female alike' had shared material 'sympathetic to violent extremism' and added that their messages 'speak volumes'. 'For Ms Aweys the most significant aspect is that her youngest child was 15 months old when she was taken into custody. 'Within the WhatsApp conversation there are significant lengthy conversations about the two brothers who are missing. Rhiannon Crimmins, defending Asma Aweys said: 'It was simply something she did to some extent to allay some frustration. The family tried to claim that they were simply trying to work out what had happened to their missing siblings, but the judge, Mark Dennis QC, dismissed their mitigation. The Old Bailey heard that the family downloaded and shared ISIS material while bragging: 'We are embedded in their societies, we are the enemy within.' Two of Aweys brothers Wail and Suleyman, one of whom had a place at university, had travelled to Syria in early 2015 and are believed to have died in the fighting a few months later. The judge jailed Ahmed Aweys for 25 months and Asma's husband Abdulaziz Abu Munye for 15 months, after all three pleaded guilty. Messages discussing the terror attack at the Manchester Arena were also found on her phone, including one which read: 'It was the shaytaan Ariana Grande's concert.'Īweys, from Edmonton, north London, was jailed for 19 months today alongside her brother and husband, who shared sickening messages in a family WhatsApp group. While discussing the Westminster incident in 2017, which left four dead, she said: 'This was by the decree of Allah.'
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She claimed the Westminster terror attack was 'the decree of Allah'Ī terrorist who gloated that the Westminster attack was 'the decree of Allah' claimed she did not realise her messages could get her into trouble.Īsma Aweys, 30, had copies of the jihadi magazine 'Rumayah' with advice about how to make napalm and Molotov cocktails as well as an article about the 'perfect knife' for murder. Asma Aweys, from Edmonton, north London, shared ISIS material in a family WhatsApp group.