Sharmeena Begum
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Sharmeena Begum is a citizen of the United Kingdom from a Bangladesh ethnic heritage.[1] When she was only fifteen years old Begum left the UK, travelled to Turkey, and was subsequently smuggled across the border into Daesh-occupied Syria.[2]
Begum's father, Mohammad Uddin, said that when her behavior changed, she stopped listening to western music, and started going to her room to pray, he assumed this was a simple grief reaction to her mother's death from cancer.[2] Begum's mother died in January 2014, her father remarried in September 2014, and Begum left for Syria in December 2014. Begum's father faulted UK security officials for not monitoring everyone social media messages, saying “the police should monitor the internet more because it’s destroying lives.”
References
- ↑ Kelly McLaughlin (2019-02-19). "ISIS brides from Canada, the US, and Europe are asking to return home years after fleeing for Syria. Here are their stories.". This is insider. https://www.thisisinsider.com/isis-brides-asking-to-return-home-years-after-fleeing-for-syria-2019-2#shamima-begum-fled-london-for-syria-when-she-was-15-years-old-1. Retrieved 2019-02-22. "Sultana is now believed to be dead, Sharmeena Begum and Abase are missing, Riedijk has turned himself in to authorities, and Shamima Begum is asking to return to London."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bryony Gordon (2015-03-16). "Syrian schoolgirl: blame the father, not the police". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2017-12-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20171213155654/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/islamic-state/11475684/XXX.html. Retrieved 2019-03-04. "It is thought that Miss Begum was targeted after her beloved mother died of cancer."
- ↑ Kirsty Bosley (2019-02-19). "Met chief: Stopping jihadi bride schoolgirls is 'incredibly complicated'". Leeds Live. Archived from the original on 2019-02-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20190222204812/https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/met-chief-stopping-jihadi-bride-15848698. "Cressida Dick said it was "incredibly complicated" and difficult to know about somebody's intentions, and claimed the schoolgirls - Sharmeena Begum and another unnamed passenger - were in fact on separate flights as the latter was pulled from the runway at Heathrow in December 2014 when she sought to get to Syria."
- ↑ "Teenager bride fighting for IS groomed by group founded by Bangladesh war criminal: Report". Bdnews24.com (Bangladesh). 2 August 2015. http://www.bdnews24.com/world/2015/08/02/teenager-bride-fighting-for-is-groomed-by-group-founded-by-bangladesh-war-criminal-report. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
- ↑ Wahid, Omar (2 August 2015). "Britain's jihadi bride groomer: Schoolgirl radicalised in London mosque recruited her three classmates to join ISIS in Syria.". Gulf Times. Archived from the original on 2019-02-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20190211063419/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3182561/Britain-s-jihadi-bride-groomer-Schoolgirl-radicalised-London-mosque-recruited-three-classmates-join-ISIS-Syria.html. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
- ↑ Bennhold, Katrin (18 August 2015). "'They were the girls you wanted to be like': How teenage rebellion sends girls into the arms of ISIL". National Post. https://nationalpost.com/m/wp/news/blog.html?b=news.nationalpost.com/news/world/they-were-the-girls-you-wanted-to-be-like-how-teenage-rebellion-sends-girls-into-the-arms-of-isil&pubdate=2015-08-18. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
- ↑ Reid, Sue (4 April 2015). "How jihadi bride's family sought help from hardline Isis apologists Cage...not police". Daily Mail (Daily Mail). Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305055714/http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3025149/How-jihadi-bride-s-family-sought-help-hardline-Isis-apologists-Cage-not-police.html. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
- ↑ Mendick, Robert (2015-03-14). "Girl, 15, fled to Islamic State after mother died from cancer". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2018-07-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20180703104911/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/islamic-state/11472196/Girl-15-fled-to-Islamic-State-after-mother-died-from-cancer.html. Retrieved 2015-06-01. "Police subsequently told Mr Uddin that two women had encouraged Sharmeena to join the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant and taken Sharmeena to Gatwick airport for a flight to Istanbul. She is then thought to have made her way overland through Turkey to the Syrian border."
- ↑ Blundy, Rachel (2 August 2015). "London schoolgirl who recruited three classmates to join IS in Syria 'was radicalised at east London mosque'". London Evening Standard (London: London Evening Standard). Archived from the original on 2018-07-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20180701030730/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/london-schoolgirl-who-recruited-three-classmates-to-join-is-in-syria-was-radicalised-at-east-london-10433150.html. Retrieved 2016-01-01. "The Mail on Sunday reported today that Sharmeena was radicalised at the East London Mosque in Whitechapel by women from a group called Islamic Forum of Europe."
- ↑ "Schoolgirl 'radicalised at east London mosque'". Gulf Times. 2 August 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20160307144453/http://www.gulf-times.com/story/449748/Schoolgirl-radicalised-at-east-London-mosque. Retrieved 2016-01-01. "The group has previously been mired in controversy after one of its founders was accused of murders and war crimes in Bangladesh. The newspaper reported that Sharmeena was effectively brainwashed by the group."
