Nursing student accused for communicating with terrorists from her bedroom and singing ISIS songs

A nursing student accused of pledging allegiance to ISIS allegedly sang terrorist group songs and communicated with extremists in Kenya from her bedroom, a court has heard.

Daily Mail Australia can now reveal 23-year-old Adelaide woman Zainab Abdirahman-Khalif was charged with knowingly being a member of a terrorist organisation.

The Courts Administration Authority of South Australia has confirmed a suppression order has been lifted on naming her or publishing her image, following a decision last week by a Supreme Court judge.

Ms Abdiraham-Khalif pleaded not guilty in November to the charge, as the Commonwealth prosecution alleged in court documents that she had sung pro-ISIS songs in her bedroom.

At the time, her defence lawyer Craig Caldicott argued it wasn’t against the law to sing.

‘She’s not guilty because to sing a song in your bedroom last time I checked wasn’t an offence,’ he told reporters last year at a media conference attended by the ABC.

His client was arrested at a Port Adelaide TAFE in May last year after allegedly planning to board a flight to Turkey on a one-way ticket.

During that month, magistrate Jay McGrath imposed a suppression order banning the media from publishing her name, facial image or address.

Supreme Court justice Anne Brampton upheld that ruling in December last year.

Last week, her Supreme Court colleague Justice David Peek revoked the suppression order.

Ms Abdiraham-Khalif is due to stand trial in August.

Source: Daily Mail