Australian woman linked to Islamic State lived with teenage slave who was repeatedly raped, court told

A woman accused of marrying Islamic State fighters allegedly lived with a teenage slave who was repeatedly assaulted and raped by the woman’s father. The allegations were detailed in Melbourne magistrates court on Thursday as Zeinab Ahmad, 31, applied for bail, a month after she was charged with slavery offences. Australian federal police allege Ahmad left Melbourne to go to Turkey with her husband, Dawod, in November 2014. She told migration officers her plan was to stay there for seven months, but it is alleged the couple instead moved to Syria in January 2015. Sign up for the Breaking News Australia email Dawod became an IS member but died in a Syrian drone strike in May 2016, Det Sen Const Marc Clendenning told the court. After his death, it is alleged Ahmad made social media posts saying Dawod had lived out his dream of becoming a martyr. It is also alleged Ahmad made a post calling on Allah to “destroy the United States and its allies”. Police say Ahmad was living in the family home in Syria in 2017 when her father, Mohammad, bought a teenage girl as a slave for $US10,000. It is alleged the girl was repeatedly raped and beaten by Mohammad, including an incident where she was hit and dragged down two flights of stairs by the hair. The girl told police she had screamed loudly during the incidents so Ahmad and the other family members would have known what was happening, the detective said. …