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Towie-mad Brit mum jailed for joining ISIS in Syria & posing with AK-47 rebrands herself as Instagram fashion influencer
A TOWIE-loving mum jailed for joining ISIS and posing with guns looks to be rebranding as a jet-setting fashion influencer.
Tareena Shakil became the first British woman to be locked up after fleeing to Syria to be part of the murderous cult.
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She was sentenced to six years behind bars in 2016.
But the mum, who earned the nickname the Towie jihadi for her love of reality TV shows, was freed after less than three years.
Shakil has now taken to Instagram under the name 'That Girl Tam Tam' and appears to be trying to make it big as a social media influencer.
Her selfies are posted with the hashtags 'fashion blogger' and 'style', while other photos show her posing outside Dior and Givenchy.
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Shakil's page is also scattered with snaps tagged in hotspots like Morocco, Milan, Amsterdam and coastal Albania.
On the page the mum has hundreds of followers, and has tagged the likes of fashion brands Bershka and Versace in what appears to be a bid to get them on board.
Other glam pics show her posing with her British passport, Louis Vuitton bag and Valentino shoes.
Despite all this, Shakil denied she was trying to make it big on social media.
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She described her de-radicalisation as “a long journey”.
reported she said: “I’ve learned from my mistakes and have served my punishment.
“I don’t seek to be an influencer or blogger, I seek to show people you can make it through hard times even when it may seem impossible.”
Shakil was jailed after a judge found she had intentionally travelled to the war-torn region of Syria to join ISIS.
She had told her family she was going on holiday to Turkey but instead secretly went to Raqqa after taking out a student loan in 2014.
I seek to show people you can make it through hard times even when it may seem impossible.
Tareena Shakil
Once there, Shakil even boasted of joining the terrifying Islamic State, posing with weapons - with one picture even showing her toddler son in an IS hat.
She ultimately returned to the UK after apparently telling an IS minder she had to go visit her husband, who didn't exist.
The mum then got a taxi to take her close to Turkey - running across a field to safety.
Returning to England, Shakil was found guilty of encouraging acts of terrorism on social media and being a member of Islamic State, jailed for six years.
The judge found she had intentionally travelled to the war-torn region to "produce the next generation of fighters".
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Shakil claimed in recent years that she "regretted everything".
Prior to that her family claimed she was the one who had suffered by joining ISIS.
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