As a teen, she promoted individual freedom and anti-establishment views, and at the age of 18, Illi converted to Islam.
Illi chaired the Department of Women Affairs at the Islamic Central Council of Switzerland (ICCS).
She stressed the fact that before she started to wear the face veil, men used to treat her as a commodity and they were attracted only to her body.
Some quotes by Illi were shown during the interview and were interpreted as propaganda for the radical views of the terrorist militia of the Islamic State.
[7][8] Several lawsuits were filed against her as a result of that discussion, but the Hamburg Public Prosecutor office suspended all preliminary investigations in February, 2017.
She was married to the computer scientist, Qaasim Illi, who also worked for the Islamic Central Council of Switzerland.
[10] Nora Illi died on 23 March 2020 at the age of 35 at one of Bern's hospitals after a long-term suffering with breast cancer.