The almost never-ending Shamima Begum case has once-again made big news in the UK. Debates are raging between liberals, who want her to return, and those of a more conservative disposition, who say leave her in Syria to rot. For those who are not aware of the story, Begum was …
Read More »‘The Return: Life After ISIS’ shows Shamima Begum has regrets, but no remorse. It’s time we heard less from her
“I was just a dumb kid who made one mistake.” Shamima Begum thinks she was a normal teenager. Wearing a baseball cap, skinny jeans and white t-shirt, looking – and sounding – every inch the trendy young Londoner, she tells interviewer Andrew Drury that she was simply “really naive” when …
Read More »Britain’s shameful refusal to take responsibility for jihadi bride Shamima Begum is a battle it can’t be allowed to win
Britain has once again proved it’s in denial and doesn’t want to face its own issues. In February 2015, Shamima Begum left London for Syria aged 15 to join Islamic State, along with two school friends. Ten days later, she married a jihadist and went on to have three children, …
Read More »UK Supreme Court denies ISIS bride Shamima Begum right to return to fight for her citizenship back
Begum and two friends travelled to Syria via Turkey in 2015 to join the Islamic State, where she later married an IS fighter. “The Supreme Court unanimously allows all of the Home Secretary’s appeals and dismisses Ms Begum’s cross-appeal,” Lord Reed of Britain’s Supreme Court said, announcing the decision on …
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