She converted to Islam, as a teenager, and started wearing a black abaya and face covering.

According to Valeurs Actuelles a man named Mohamed Achamlane had founded a group whose goal was ""[T]o curb Islamophobia by channeling the energy of young Muslims who may be tempted by violence" ("Enrayer l’islamophobie en canalisant l’énergie de jeunes musulmans pouvant être tentés par la violence").

On January 11, 2018, the New York Times profiled her, and described the difficult choices her plea for repatriation posed for policy makers in France.

[4] They speculated over who would or wouldn't be deported, noting König and two other individuals had been characterized as showing signs of still being dangerously radicalized.

In 2022, König was repatriated back to France from the Al Roj camp in North Eastern Syria by the Kurdish.