Mother plotted one-way trip to Afghanistan so her children could become martyrs for ISIS

Jami is set to be sentenced at Leicester crown court

• Mike Sullivan

• Published: 0:22, 14 Feb 2025

A MOTHER of four plotted a one-way journey to Afghanistan so her children could become martyrs for ISIS.

Farishta Jami, 36, pledged allegiance to the terror group and researched flights to Kabul.She tried to indoctrinate her children, aged five to 15, by sending them videos of executions and suicide bombings.

Prosecutor Michelle Heeley KC said: “She was readying her children to become martyrs.

“She was assisting them to become terrorists.

“They, of course, were far too young to understand.”