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Shamima Begum, the British schoolgirl who joined ISIS, loses appeal over citizenship removal

Shamima Begum left London in 2015 and traveled with two friends to Syria, where she married an IS fighter and had three children, all of whom died as infants.

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Muslim woman in a burka.

British schoolgirl who joined ISIS likely trafficking victim, court told

Shamima Begum left London at age 15 and traveled with two school friends to Syria, where she married an ISIS fighter.

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A member loyal to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) waves an ISIL flag in Raqqa June 29, 2014. The offshoot of al Qaeda which has captured swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria has declared itself an Islamic "Caliphate" and called on factions worldwide to pledge their allegiance, a st

Shamima Begum regrets joining ISIS, offers to help UK fight terror - report

Shamima Begum, 22, joined ISIS when she was 15, though she has since left the organization. However, she has been unable to return to the UK after her citizenship was stripped.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A MEMBER of ISIS waves the group’s flag in Raqqa

Terra Incognita: Colonial origins of sympathy for ‘ISIS brides’

The obsessive focus on the “ISIS brides” at the expense of telling the story of ISIS victims is a legacy of the colonial era

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

ISIS child-bride, pregnant with third child, wants to return to London

The 19-year-old who joined the radical Islamic group in 2015 is pregnant and lives in a Syrian refugee camp. After the death of two children, she wants to return to London.

MARCH 10, 2019
Muslim woman in a burka.

Baby son of Islamic State teenage bride Shamima Begum dies

The family's lawyer said earlier on Friday there were strong but as yet unconfirmed reports that Begum's son had died.

MARCH 10, 2019
ByHAGAY HACOHEN, REUTERS
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ISIS teen's baby dies, British gov't condemned for denying her entry

"The tragic death of Shamima Begum's baby, Jarrah, is a stain on the conscience of this government," Diane Abbott, the opposition home affairs spokeswoman said.

MARCH 10, 2019
ByREUTERS
THE SIGN, which says ‘Arab tyrants are responsible for the bloodshed of Muslims,’ was erected by ISIS on the road to Tel Afar in Iraq.