Tag: ISIS bride

Shamima Begum Bid to Restore British Citizenship Rejected

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….


ISIS Bride Who Allegedly Followed Husband to Syria Arrested in Australia

A woman who allegedly travelled in parts of Syria under the control of the Islamic State was arrested on Jan. 5, Australian police said.  The 31-year-old New South Wales (NSW) woman is accused of entering and remaining in Syria in early 2014 to follow her husband, who left Australia to join and fight for the…


ISIS Bride Shamima Begum Pleads for Forgiveness, Offers to Help UK Fight Terrorism

Former ISIS bride Shamima Begum has begged the British public for forgiveness, and has even offered to help the UK fight terrorism. Begum, who is now 22, left the UK for Syria to join the ISIS terrorist group as a 15-year-old schoolgirl. She had her British citizenship revoked by the UK government over security concerns,…


ISIS Bride Shamima Begum Not Allowed to Return to UK: Top Court

The UK Supreme Court ruled on Friday that Shamima Begum, who left the UK for Syria to join the ISIS terrorist group as a teenager, is not allowed to return and fight her citizenship case because she poses a security risk. Begum, who has dual British-Bangladeshi citizenship, travelled to Syria at the age of 15,…