Jihad Jane

Colleen Renee LaRose, also known as JihadJane and Fatima LaRose, is an American citizen charged with terrorism-related crimes, including conspiracy to commit murder and providing material support to terrorists. Most recently, she lived in the Philadelphia suburb of Pennsburg, in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. She is being prosecuted in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

She was taken into custody in October 2009, and her arrest was made public on March 9, 2010, when seven of her co-conspirators were arrested in Ireland . Among those arrested in Ireland was Jamie Paulin-Ramirez, an American woman from Colorado whose parents say she was recruited by LaRose. Specifically, LaRose is accused of actively trying to recruit Islamic terrorists to wage violent jihad and of plotting to murder Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who had faced outrage by some Muslims for having made a drawing depicting the Prophet Muhammad's head on the body of a dog.

She was arraigned and pleaded not guilty on March 18. If convicted, she would face a maximum penalty of life in prison, and a $1 million fine. On May 3, 2010, the originally scheduled date, the trial was indefinitely postponed pending further discovery and a possible plea agreement.