IS bride Shamima Begum has had her bid to return to the UK revived — with the help of Euro judges.
The European Court of Human Rights has formally challenged Britain’s decision to strip her of her citizenship in 2019.
Begum, from Bethnal Green, East London, ran off to Syria to join IS aged 15 in 2015.
Former Home Secretary Sajid Javid took away her British citizenship as she could also claim residency in Banglades.
The decision was upheld by the UK’s Supreme Court.
Lawyers for Begum, 26, who moved to a camp housing ex-jihadis, say she now has an “unprecedented opportunity”.
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Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick said: “Under no circumstances should Begum ever step foot in the UK again.”
“She chose to get into bed with ISIS terrorists and must now live with the consequences.”
Former Security Minister Sir Ben Wallace, told The Express: “She knowingly and freely joined ISIS.
“She assisted them in the prosecution of their murderous campaign
“She wanted to go there.
“She can stay there.”
Who is Shamima Begum?
ISIS bride Shamima Begum, who was born in Britain, was stripped of her British citizenship on February 20, 2019.
Begum had fled the UK in February 2015 with two other girls from the same school in East London to join the fledgling caliphate in Iraq and Syria which had emerged out of the chaos of war in those two countries.
On February 14, 2019, with the ISIS empire fell, she declared that she wanted to come home with her son.
But she appeared to show no remorse and called the 2017 Manchester Arena massacre of 22 people attending a concert “justified”.
According to BBC Middle East correspondent Quentin Sommerville, Begum “still believes IS propaganda”.
He said: “When I asked her about the enslavement, murder and rape of Yazidi women by IS, she said ‘Shia do the same in Iraq’.
“She had little to offer in way of apology to the millions of Iraqis and Syrians whose lives were destroyed by IS.”
Her principled position has sparked intense debate about the UK’s responsibilities to jihadis who despise the country and everything it stands for, but want to return from Syria.
The case took a dramatic turn on February 20 2019 when it emerged the Home Office had opted to strip Ms Begum of her British citizenship.
The now-16-year-old claims she is “willing to change” her ways while pleading for “mercy” from Britain and says newborn son Jerah is sick.
Her appeals against the decision have all been denied.
