[ May 3, 2026 ]
Farishta Jami, a 36-year-old woman from Stratford-upon-Avon, UK, was found guilty of plotting to join ISIS in Afghanistan. Post-conviction, she complained about her initial mugshot which did not show her wearing a niqab, leading the West Midlands Police to reissue a new mugshot where she is depicted with her face veiled. This incident has sparked public and media debate regarding religious accommodations in criminal photography.
For real, not the Babylon Bee. The UK is doomed.
British police issue second mugshot of convicted ISIS terrorist after she complained about her previous mugshot showing her face.
Farishta Jami, 36, demanded police retake her photo wearing a niqab.
Her lawyer claimed showing her face caused her “considerable distress.”… pic.twitter.com/m6GVa6e4TS
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Daily Mail: Police released a mugshot of a woman convicted of terrorism offences wearing a niqab – after she complained an earlier custody image showed her without a head covering.
Jurors heard Farishta Jami, 36, had been preparing to travel to Afghanistan with her children, planning for them to become martyrs for Islamic State, when police raided her address in November 2023.
The single mother-of-four had pledged allegiance to Islamic State and displayed a ‘clear interest in the use of children in warfare’ – including videos of children carrying out executions, the court was told.
ADVERTISEMENTThis afternoon, West Midlands Police issued a fresh custody image with just Farishta Jami’s eyes visible beneath a full head covering after defence barrister Matthew Brook KC told the judge his client had been upset to see the earlier mugshot.
In that image, issued following ‘observant’ Muslim Jami’s conviction on Thursday, she was seen with her long dark hair uncovered and tied back.
The lawyer told Leicester Crown Court: ‘Reports of the verdicts yesterday used an image of my client, released by the police, in which her head wasn’t covered.
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