BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Attorneys for a woman who left her Alabama home to join the Islamic State terror group plan to continue fighting for her and her young son even though the Supreme Court declined to consider her lawsuit seeking to re-enter the United States, one of the lawyers said Wednesday.
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- FILE - This undated photo provided by attorney Hassan Shibly shows Hoda Muthana, who was born in New Jersey in 1994 and grew up in Alabama.
- On Monday, Jan. 11, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear the appeal of Muthana, who left home in Alabama to join the Islamic State terror group, but then decided she wanted to return to the United States.
- (Hoda Muthana/Attorney Hassan Shibly via AP) FILE - This undated photo provided by attorney Hassan Shibly shows Hoda Muthana, who was born in New Jersey in 1994 and grew up in Alabama.
- ADVERTISEMENTShe later decided she wanted to return to the United States, but the government determined she was not a U.S. citizen and revoked her passport while she was overseas, blocking her return.
- Muthana has renounced IS and both she and her son have been threatened because of her stance, Camp said.