The trial of the unnamed woman began on July 31. The list of charges over which the specialised criminal court convicted her, included sheltering people wanted for security related matters and inciting terror acts in the kingdom,” SPA state news agency said. She was also condemned for possessing two pistols that she gave to militants and financing terrorism and terror acts through collecting more than one million riyals and sending the money to al Qaeda organisation. In August, Okaz daily identified the woman only as the “al Qaeda lady,” saying she was 45-year old and was arrested last year in Buraidah, Qassim’s provincial capital. At her family’s request, the trial is taking place in private and without media presence. The woman had denied the charges, claiming she had been held captive by two men to whom she had been married in the past and who were members of al Qaeda.
