Shamima Begum: Isis child bride says she had ‘good time’ in Syria but wants to bring baby home
5 years, 10 months ago

Shamima Begum: Isis child bride says she had ‘good time’ in Syria but wants to bring baby home

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Isis bride Shamima Begum has said she had a “good time” while living in Syria but now wants to bring her newborn son back home to Britain. “I did have a good time there, just at the end things got harder and I couldn’t take it anymore.” The teenager gave birth to her son on Saturday and has pleaded with the authorities to let her come home to raise him. “When I went to Syria I was just a housewife for four years, I just stayed at home, took care of my husband, took care of my kids.” Ms Begum’s family said on Friday her lack of regret for joining Isis simply reflected how she had been “groomed at the age of 15” by the extremist group. “It would be a really big shock to go back to the UK and start life again.” Ms Begum said she was lured to leave her comfortable life and family in Bethnal Green behind by slickly produced videos she found on social media.

History of this topic

Shamima Begum hopes of returning to UK ‘bolstered’ by collapse of Assad regime in Syria, lawyer claims
1 month ago
Shamima Begum: Inside story of Isis bride’s appeal against losing her British citizenship
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Who is Shamima Begum's husband? How ISIS bride married Dutch jihadist Yago Riedjik just 10 days after arriving in Syria and they had three children together who later died
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Who is 'ISIS bride' Shamima Begum, the British woman who lost citizenship appeal?
1 year, 10 months ago
Who is Shamima Begum? From straight-A student to ‘stateless’ jihadi bride
1 year, 10 months ago
Put Shamima Begum on trial – not TV
1 year, 11 months ago
BBC allows Shamima Begum to tell her story of how she joined ISIS in 10-part podcast
2 years ago
Eyewitness: Jihadi bride Shamima Begum gave rabble-rousing speeches inciting ISIS suicide bombers
2 years, 1 month ago
Lawyer: Ex-Islamic State bride was child trafficking victim
2 years, 1 month ago
UK citizenship appeal by Shamima Begum to begin
2 years, 1 month ago
Shamima Begum latest news: Isis bride asks for forgiveness in GMB interview
3 years, 3 months ago
Shamima Begum says ‘sorry’ to Manchester bombing victims in GMB interview
3 years, 3 months ago
Shamima Begum is our problem – the government cannot just wish her away
3 years, 3 months ago
Ex-jihadi bride asks UK for forgiveness, aims to return home
3 years, 3 months ago
Shamima Begum may have been ‘trafficked to Syria as a child for sexual exploitation’, court hears
3 years, 6 months ago
Shamima Begum says she was a ‘dumb kid’ when she left to join Isis and asks to return to UK
3 years, 6 months ago
Shamima Begum says she joined Isis to avoid being the friend left behind
3 years, 7 months ago
Shamima Begum pleads with Britain for second chance from Syrian camp
3 years, 9 months ago
UK Supreme Court rejects ISIS terrorist Shamima Begum's appeal to return
3 years, 10 months ago
UK top court says runaway schoolgirl who joined IS poses 'security risk', cannot return to Britain
3 years, 10 months ago
Islamic State bride loses bid to return to U.K. to fight for citizenship
3 years, 10 months ago
ISIS bride Shamima Begum, 19, tells of her fears in Syria after Turkish forces surged into country
5 years, 2 months ago
British jihadi bride Shamima Begum 'faces torture or hanging'
5 years, 2 months ago
Shamima Begum ‘exposed to real risk of torture or death’, court told
5 years, 2 months ago
Freed From ISIS, Yazidi Mothers Face Wrenching Choice: Abandon Kids Or Never Go Home
5 years, 8 months ago
Family of woman 'brainwashed' into joining ISIS beg government to let her come home
5 years, 8 months ago
Shamima Begum 'worked for Isis morality police' called hisba in Syria
5 years, 8 months ago
ISIS husband of Shamima Begum says he wants to return to the Netherlands
5 years, 9 months ago
Baby of UK-born Islamic State bride Shamima Begum is dead, Syrian Democratic Forces official says amid conflicting reports
5 years, 10 months ago
Infant of Islamic State bride who asked to return to U.K. dies in Syrian refugee camp
5 years, 10 months ago
Islamic State teenager Shamima Begum's baby son died in Syrian refugee camp, official says
5 years, 10 months ago
Official: Baby of British IS bride dies in Syria
5 years, 10 months ago
Shamima Begum: Isis bride’s baby ‘has died’ in northern Syria
5 years, 10 months ago
Islamic State teenager Shamima Begum shunned by Bangladesh after UK citizenship revoked
5 years, 10 months ago
Shamima Begum: Isis bride suggests she is being treated differently 'just because I was on the news four years ago'
5 years, 10 months ago
Shamima Begum, teenager who joined IS and had a child, reportedly stripped of UK citizenship
5 years, 10 months ago
Should a teenage ISIS recruit be allowed back home? Shamima Begum story divides world
5 years, 10 months ago
UK set to strip teenage ‘ISIL bride’ Shamima Begum of citizenship
5 years, 10 months ago
Shamima Begum, UK schoolgirl who joined Islamic State in Syria, asks to bring baby home
5 years, 10 months ago
British teen who joined Islamic State had her baby in Syria, family says
5 years, 10 months ago
Shamima Begum: Government turns back on pregnant teenager as another Isis bride’s father pleads for return to UK
5 years, 10 months ago
Isis bride Shamima Begum’s life in Syria: Two dead children, daily airstrikes and decapitated heads
5 years, 10 months ago
Shamima Begum: London schoolgirl who joined Isis ‘does not regret’ decision but wants to return home
5 years, 10 months ago
UK schoolgirl who ran away to join ISIL wants to ‘come home’
5 years, 10 months ago
UK schoolgirl Shamima Begum who fled to join Islamic State 'wants to return home to England'
5 years, 10 months ago
Shamima Begum: Pregnant ISIS bride wants to come home to UK to give birth
5 years, 10 months ago

Discover Related