British ISIS bride Shamima Begum's father blames Britain for letting her flee to Syria

The father of British ISIS bride Shamima Begum, has said the UK government should have done more to investigate how she was able to leave the country for Syria aged just 15 - and without a passport. 

Begum, now 19, left East London's Bethnal Green with two friends to travel to Syria to join ISIS in 2015, and has now resurfaced at a refugee camp in Syria, saying she wants to go home with her newborn son.

Her apparent lack of remorse for ISIS's horrid crimes, including the terror attack in Manchester in 2017, has triggered criticism in Britain and Home Secretary Sajid Javid revoked her citizenship. 

Her family, some of whom are Bangladeshi citizens, has insisted she does not hold dual nationalities. The case is pending in the courts.

Ahmed Ali, 60, told The Associated Press in an interview in his Bangladeshi village that he would still request that the British government allow his daughter to come back.

He initially told the Mail on Sunday in an interview last month that he agreed with the Home Secretary, saying: I know she is stuck there but that’s because she has done actions that made her get stuck like this.'

He then recanted, and claimed Britain is 'duty-bound' to allow the 19-year-old to return to the UK.

'My child was only 15 years old when she fled, she was immature,' said Ali, who lives in the northeastern Bangladeshi district of Sunamganj, 112miles northeast of Dhaka, with his second wife.  

Ali criticized the British authorities for failing to properly deal with the issue of students who have fled to join ISIS.





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