Iman al-Bugha

Iman Mustafa al-Bugha was a professor of fiqh at the University of Dammam in Saudi Arabia who left to join the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, aka Daesh, aka ISIS) in 2014. She traveled there after her three teenage children, who went to ISIL territory in Syria before her. Public statements released by ISIL referred to al-Bugha as "a scholarly torch [that] supports the Islamic Caliphate." He was the author of numerous works, particularly in the field of Shafi'i jurisprudence. Al-Bugha would later say that her father "refused to buy us a television so that it would not be an idol that we cling to" and the children read books to entertain themselves instead. She particularly preferred religious studies and read biographies of Muhammad and his companions. and said al-Nasr was "born with a dictionary in her mouth."

In 2001, the family moved to Saudi Arabia and al-Bugha began work at the University of Dammam. She taught at the College of Applied Studies and Community Service and published several books, one of which was about the state of women in Islam.

Al-Bugha's daughter Ahlam al-Nasr, who was reportedly 15 years old at that time though some reports claim she was older,

Later in 2014, al-Bugha resigned her posts in Damman and followed her children to ISIL. She was believed to have been in her forties at the time. She wrote that he was heavily wounded by tank fire and taken to her in a dying state, and "we rejoiced, looking at him. He remained calm until he died."

Mustafa would have been about 15 years old at the time of his killing. An ISIL publication later said al-Bugha "endured his loss and continued her path in jihad."

Nothing is known of the fate of Iman al-Bugha. As of 2026 her fate is unknown.