Shamima Begum was just 15 years old when she fled to Syria with two other schoolgirls in order to marry a Dutch terrorist. Her charges include trying to recruit other people to ISIS before she fled, and performing evil tasks for ISIS.
According to her, she sewn suicide vests from jihadis
“I’m willing to face these people and dispute their claims. I am a woman and mother, and I don’t know what I did in IS.
These claims were made in order to make me feel worse. The Government doesn’t know anything about me. Because nothing has ever occurred, there is no evidence.
On asking for forgiveness
“I understand that it is difficult for British people to forgive me, because they live in fear and have lost loved ones due to IS. But I have also lived in fear and have lost my loved ones as a result of IS so I sympathize with their pain.
“I know that it’s very difficult for them to forgive us, but I want to say my deepest regrets if they ever offend anyone.
Message to the PM
“I believe I could very easily help you fight terrorism, because you obviously don’t understand what you are doing,”.
She continued, “I want them (the British people) to consider me an asset instead of a threat.”
The reason she went to Syria
Begum claimed that she was coming to Syria with the intention of getting married and having children. She also hoped to live an Islamic, pure life.
“The only reason that I traveled to Syria wasn’t for violence.” “I didn’t know that it was a death-cult. I assumed it was an Islamic group I was signing. It was a great way to get information from people.
On justifying the Manchester Arena bombing
She stated that she did not believe one evil is better than another. I do not believe that children or women should be killed because of the motives of others.
When I was asked, I didn’t know much about the Manchester bombing. It was not something I knew about, but I didn’t know it caused deaths and that children and women were injured.
Begum stated that it wasn’t right to murder innocents in the name religion.
Which is worse, a terrorist or a criminal?
She stated that the only crime she believed I had committed was coming to Isis. This can even be disproved since I was just 15 at the time.
“If you truly believe that I did this, please bring me back, put me on trial and listen to my story.
“If that is what you truly believe, then don’t think you should just go to prison for it.
“It is a shame that you feel I should be left to rot in this place, rather than facing trial, the democratic society that you are living in says everyone has the right to a fair trial.”
The new western style of her.
Begum stated that she decided to take the step of removing the hijab and not as a publicity stunt.
“I don’t think I have worn hijab in over a year.” It was uncomfortable for me to take off the hijab.
“It makes me feel happy to wear the hijab. This is not for someone else.
“I had many chances to have people photograph me without my hijab, but I didn’t.”
The decision to cancel her citizenship
Begum answered a question about what she would tell Sajid Javid (Home Secretary) when Begum’s British citizenship was stripped. Begum stated that she understood why Begum took her citizenship. It was his job to look after the UK’s best interests.
“What he saw in the media wasn’t the real me.” “If he had to see me, I think he’d change his mind regarding my citizenship.
Begum claimed she was groomed, taken advantage of and told she would enter an “Islamic paradise”.
She explained that she was speaking online to people who created an image for her over paradise as Islamic paradise.
“They forced me to come. They made me feel guilty for wanting to remain in the UK. They took advantage of me, knowing that I was young.