"ISIS bride" begs Britain to return her from Syria to help eradicate terrorism

Young Shamima Begum, the former bride of an ISIS terrorist, said British Prime Minister Boris Johnson should allow her to return to the UK to help tackle terrorism.

Begum fled Britain with her teenage classmates, Amira Abbasi and Kadiza Sultana, when she was a 15-year-old schoolgirl in February 2015, and joined the terrorist organization ISIS, and she is the only one of the three British girls known to be still alive.

After being deprived of her British citizenship, the now 22-year-old gave an interview from Al-Rouj prison in Syria, which was broadcast on "Dan Wootton" yesterday, Tuesday, on "GB News".

When asked by journalist Andrew Drury if she would tell her story to the British government, she said: "Of course, yes, I really think it's important that they know that so they can prevent other people from doing the same in the future."

"The fight against terrorism is not a one-man job, it's several people with multiple skills," added the young woman, who has been staying in a concentration camp since 2019.

When asked if she had the tools to stop children from believing in terrorism, she insisted, "I do."

On the subject of her family, she added: "If I send a message to my family, I want it to be face to face and not through the media, this is a very private matter. My family is very special individuals and I respect their privacy."

Begum was stripped of her British citizenship in 2019, and in February last year the Supreme Court ruled on national security grounds that she could not return to Britain to pursue an appeal against the decision.

The student gave up her veil a year ago, and now she takes care of her dyed hair, paints her nails and puts make-up.

She denies that changing her image is a propaganda act for her release.

Last September, she appeared on Good Morning Britain in a Nike baseball cap and low-cut jacket, rather than a niqab.

Begum claimed she was the victim of extremist co-option, but now she "would rather die" than join ISIS, and admitted she was wrong when she said the Manchester attack was "justified" by the air strikes that killed civilians in Syria.

She also said she did not know that ISIS was a "death cult" when she joined.

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