Accused ‘ISIS Bride’ Loses Bail Bid Due to Public Risk

Australian Federal Police allege it was while she was living with her family in 2017 her father bought a teenage girl as a slave for US$10,000.

Zeinab Ahmad, one of two women linked to alleged ISIS jihadists, is seen being taken away in an armoured police vehicle outside the Melbourne Magistrates' Court in Melbourne, Australia on May 8, 2026. Martin Keep/AFP via Getty Images

An accused “ISIS bride” has been refused bail after a magistrate found she posed an unacceptable risk of endangering the community.

Zeinab Ahmad, 31, looked straight ahead as Chief Magistrate Lisa Hannan handed down her decision in Melbourne Magistrates Court on Wednesday.