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Shamima Begum: “I Regret Speaking to the Media”
February 23, 2019 By Faith Matters

Shamima Begum: “I Regret Speaking to the Media”

Islamic State bride Shamima Begum said she regrets speaking to the media and wishes she had found a different way to contact her family. The teenager, who fled London aged 15 to join Islamic State’s self-proclaimed caliphate in Syria, has said she wants to return to the UK with her newborn son. Ms Begum, who […]

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Shamima Begum’s Family ask the Home Secretary to Help Bring Newborn Son to the U.K.
February 22, 2019 By Faith Matters

Shamima Begum’s Family ask the Home Secretary to Help Bring Newborn Son to the U.K.

The family of Islamic State bride Shamima Begum have written to the Home Secretary asking for his help to bring her newborn son to Britain. The letter to Sajid Javid said the baby boy was a “true innocent” who should not “lose the privilege of being raised in the safety of this country”. The teenager, […]

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Shamima Begum Who Left Britain to Join the Islamic State Wants to Come Back Home
February 14, 2019 By Faith Matters

Shamima Begum Who Left Britain to Join the Islamic State Wants to Come Back Home

An east London schoolgirl who left Britain as a 15-year-old to join the Islamic State group is now heavily pregnant and wants to come home. Shamima Begum was tracked down by The Times to a refugee camp in northern Syria where she is now 19-years-old, the bride of an Islamic State fighter, nine months pregnant […]

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