Zafreen Khadam, 32, was found guilty of 10 counts of
disseminating terrorist publications after a trial at Sheffield Crown Court.
She shared links to execution videos and terrorist
magazines online under usernames such as PrincessKuffar.
Prosecutors said Khadam, of Vincent Road, Sheffield,
had "glorified" IS.
Barrister Simon Davis told jurors Khadam at one stage
described Kuwaiti-born Mohammed Emwazi - nicknamed Jihadi John - as "kind
of scary" but said she "would marry him".
He told the court she set up 14 Twitter accounts and
used Whatsapp to share videos, including one showing the beheading of Kurdish
fighters and another of a Jordanian pilot being burned alive.
She also shared links to seven issues of
"terrorist publication" Dabiq and a speech entitled What is
Terrorism?
Mr Davis said: "The prosecution
case is that this defendant was disseminating terrorist information or
propaganda, or spreading the word.
"Our case is that her
intention was to encourage people to commit, prepare or instigate acts of
terror."
Kahdam, who worked as a
make-up artist, told the court she had become interested in IS after reading an
article about a footballer who had gone to join the group.
She told the court: "It
was always about understanding them. I never supported them in my heart. It was
an act."
'Glorified terrorism'
Det Ch Supt Clive Wain, head
of the North East Counter Terrorism Unit, said it was clear Khadam "openly
demonstrated support for Daesh and their ideology".
He said that during the
investigation police reviewed hundreds of hours of videos and about 20,000
social media postings.
He said that officers were
concerned that had she not been arrested, she may have attempted to travel to
Syria.
He said: "Khadam has not
disputed posting the information, claiming she did so out of curiosity and the
belief that she did not consider it to be terrorist material.
"Yet this material
glorified terrorism and delivered powerful messages, encouraging terrorist acts
and calling upon others to kill."
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