Shamima Begum failed in a last-ditch legal bid to have her British citizenship restored. On Wednesday, the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) fully dismissed the 23-year-old’s legal challenge against a Home Office decision to revoke her status as a UK citizen. It means Begum—who travelled from her London home to join the ISIS terrorist group in Syria…
UK to Challenge Tribunal Ruling Over Irish Ex-Soldier Who Joined ISIS
The British government is to challenge a tribunal ruling that allows a former Irish soldier who joined the ISIS terrorist group to enter the UK. Lisa Smith, 41, a former member of the Irish Defence Forces, was found guilty in May last year of ISIS membership after a nine-week trial at Dublin’s Special Criminal Court….
Canada Really Has to Reassess Which World Citizens It Is ‘Rescuing’
Commentary When I was in high school I was quite proud to read that average Canadians, as well as the government of the day, were front and centre in the effort to bring Vietnamese “boat people” (as they were called then) to our shores. Upwards of 60,000 refugees fleeing the new communist regime which arose…
Home Office Lawyer Tells Shamima Begum Hearing That ‘Brainwashed’ People Can Be National Security Threats
A Home Office lawyer has told an immigration tribunal hearing and appeal by Shamima Begum that just because people are “brainwashed” does not mean that they cannot be a threat to national security. Sir James Eadie, KC said Begum had been living as part of the ISIS regime for four years and he said, “If…
UK Targeting Terrorist Tech and Finances, Foreign Secretary Says at UN Meeting in India
The UK is funding new counter-drone technologies and working to understand and disrupt terrorist finances, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said on Saturday. During a speech at a U.N. Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee meeting in New Delhi, Cleverly said technological advances had given terrorists “new opportunities that we must counteract.” “Within the space of just two…
2 Canadian Women Arrested After Being Repatriated From Syrian Detention Camp for ISIS
Two Canadian women have been arrested after arriving in Montreal following their repatriation from a camp in Syria that detains ISIS fighters and their families, according to media outlets. Oumaima Chouay was arrested at the Montréal-Trudeau airport upon her arrival in Canada on the night of Oct. 25. The RCMP said in a news release…
Attack on Vehicle Kills 35 Civilians in Northern Burkina Faso
OUAGADOUGOU—At least 35 civilians were killed and 37 injured in northern Burkina Faso on Monday when a vehicle in a convoy hit an improvised explosive device (IED), the interim government said in a statement. The escorted supply convoy heading to the capital, Ouagadougou, hit the IED between the northern towns of Djibo and Bourzanga, an…
Arrest Warrant Issued After Manchester Bomber’s Brother Misses UK Court Hearing
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of the elder brother of the Manchester Arena bomber for failing to give evidence at the public inquiry into the attack. Ismail Abedi, who fled the UK last summer, did not attend a hearing at Manchester Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday. Last month the 29-year-old was found guilty…
Irish Islamic Convert Lisa Smith Jailed for ISIS Membership
A former Irish soldier who travelled to Syria and became an ISIS bride was sentenced to 15 months in prison at a Dublin court on Friday. Lisa Smith, 40, from Dundalk, County Louth, was found guilty in May of her membership with the ISIS terrorist group between Oct. 28th, 2015, and Dec. 1st, 2019, after a nine-week trial…
Brooklyn Resident Sentenced for Funding ISIS Foreign Fighter: DOJ Report
June 4, 2022
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A citizen of Uzbekistan residing in Brooklyn was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Friday for conspiring and providing material support to the terrorist organization ISIS. Dilkhayot Kasimov, 34, was convicted following a one-week trial in September 2019 after assisting Abdurasul Juraboev and Akhror Saidakhmetov, both of whom planned to travel to Syria to…
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