Maybe Shamima Begum is wearing Western clothes because she has renounced her “extremism.” Or maybe she is wearing them because she thinks she will better be able to play on the heartstrings of the British public by wearing them. Or maybe she is wearing them because the Islamic State (ISIS) told jihadis to wear Western clothing to appear “moderate” and secular, and then to strike when called upon to do so. In any case, it is clear that the British media truly, madly, deeply, wants her back in the country, and will not rest until she has returned. Given the state of Britain today, it is surprising that she isn’t back already, and she almost certainly will be soon. Then, if the British continue on their current path, she’ll be prime minister in no time.
“Shamima Begum hugs journalist and says ‘I was dumb kid when I joined Isis,’” by Elisa Menendez, Metro, June 15, 2021:
Former child bride Shamima Begum has insisted she was not a terrorist but ‘a dumb kid who made a mistake’ when she ran away to join Isis.
Speaking during a new interview from the Syrian al-Roj prison camp, where she is still being held, Ms Begum said she would ‘love’ to help rehabilitate other former terrorist recruits.
Ms Begum was 15 when she left her family home in Bethnal Green, east London, and flew to Syria with school friends to join the terror group in 2015.
The stateless 21-year-old told filmmaker Andrew Drury: ‘I don’t think I was a terrorist. I think I was just a dumb kid who made one mistake.
‘I personally don’t think that I need to be rehabilitated, but I would want to help other people be rehabilitated. I would love to help.’
At the end of the interview, a visibly emotional Ms Begum asks Mr Drury: ‘Can I have a hug?’
Ms Begum was dressed in a leather Nike baseball cap, skinny jeans and a white t-shirt with red painted nails during the interview for the upcoming documentary Danger Zone.
Explaining why she has stopped wearing traditional Islamic clothing, she said: ‘I wear these clothes, and I don’t wear a hijab, because it makes me happy.
‘And anything in this camp that makes me happy is like a lifesaver.’
Ms Begum pointed out the blue and white tent she lives in, as she told the journalist she likes listening to rapper Kanye West in the camp, has been following his divorce to Kim Kardashian, and watches re-runs of sitcom Friends.
Speaking of her early media interviews, when she said she did not regret her decision to go to Syria, Ms Begum said she was vulnerable and scared of condemning Isis.
She said: ‘People need to understand the situation I was in at the time when I was doing all those interviews.
‘I had just come out of a war zone, I’d just lost two kids, I was pregnant.
‘And I was afraid of all the women in the camp because I’d heard the stories about them killing people.’…
She said Isis recruiters preyed on the guilt the young girls felt at seeing muslims suffering in war-torn Syria, and offered them a chance to be a ‘part of something’ and help, reports the Telegraph.
Her British citizenship was revoked in 2019 and the Supreme Court ruled that she cannot return to the UK to appeal the decision on national security grounds.
Mr Drury said he had changed his opinion of Ms Begum after meeting her and did not believe she was a terrorist but a ‘vulnerable’ young woman, with the pair sharing an embrace after the hour-long talk.
He said: ‘We were about to say goodbye and I didn’t know the protocol because bear in mind she is there as a terrorist.
‘I went to shake her hand and she started to cry and said to me, “Can I have a hug?”
‘This girl is a vulnerable 21-year-old who did something unbelievably stupid. It was a childish mistake from a 15-year-old.’
When asked what she would say to people in the UK who do not believe she should be allowed to return, Ms Begum replied: ‘Can I come home please, pretty please?’
Beneath the Veil of Consciousness says
Boy! Talk about your makeovers or should I say cover-ups. Just one mistake? I’m sure plenty of people lost their heads over that assertion. Putting lipstick on a shameless pig is still a shameless pig.
GFF says
A mistake eh? People lost their heads, got kicked of high rise buildings and let’s not forget those locked in cages and set alight,
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/03/isis-video-jordanian-hostage-burdning-death-muadh-al-kasabeh
That ‘mistake’ was a choice concerning her bosom friends, the deeds of whom were well known.
mortimer says
No … she committed many ‘mistakes’ and probably serious CRIMES as well. There is a whole LIST of errors and crimes involved here, not least BURNING HER PASSPORT … itself a serious offense.
What? is there no PENALTY for burning one’s passport and renouncing citizenship?
Oh … I was just joking. Sure.
maria says
she is disgusting creature that is sent by ISIS to carry out more murders in UK and Europe.
She must not be allowed to Europe.
If she comes then death penalty
Lion heart says
Maria : you’re absolutely right & I don’t trust her ! Christian ancestors of Iraq said it centuries ago “ if a Muslim is a piece of gold, don’t put it into your pocket otherwise it will rip through “ meaning they will stab nonMuslims in the back when they get the chance and take Islam seriously and Iraqi Christians experience with Muslims after the fall of Saddam’s bloody regime is the best example of that and I am a Canadian Christian guy originally from Iraq! Not to mention Muhammad said it “ war is deceit “ plus Taqiyya in Quran 3:28 so Muslims are allowed to lie to nonMuslims in order to protect themselves when they are weak and minority and also to further the agenda of Islam especially in the West which is domination of the entire world ( Quran 9:29,8:39) .
Lion heart says
I don’t trust her ! Christian ancestors of Iraq said it centuries ago “ if a Muslim is a piece of gold, don’t put it into your pocket otherwise it will rip through “ meaning they will stab nonMuslims in the back when they get the chance and take Islam seriously and Iraqi Christians experience with Muslims after the fall of Saddam’s bloody regime is the best example of that and I am a Canadian Christian guy originally from Iraq! Not to mention Muhammad said it “ war is deceit “ plus Taqiyya in Quran 3:28 so Muslims are allowed to lie to nonMuslims in order to protect themselves when they are weak and minority and also to further the agenda of Islam especially in the West which is domination of the entire world ( Quran 9:29,8:39) .
RonaldB says
There are the interests of the person involved, and then there are the interests in the community as a whole. If a 15-year old brutally murders someone, and appears contrite at age 21, the murdered person is unfortunately still dead. A lot of teenage Muslims who snuck off to jihad did not let their parents know what they were up to. They knew their parents would stop them. If you send the message that any teen can get away with a stupid, harmful action, there’s nothing blocking more teens from defying their parents to do something not only stupid, but harmful to the country.
In any case, the interests not only of Shamima, but the people who may have been directly injured by ISIS, as well as the young British Muslims who would benefit by knowing there is no margin whatsoever for jihad behavior, have to be considered. I’d give Shamima’s case lots and lots of publicity, particularly the one where her tears and sighs are ignored, and she has to live with the consequences of her stupid behavior. Perhaps the government sticking to its guns will prevent a bombing or two, which is all to the good.
I’d say Shamima’s case should be opened again about 2030, to see how consistent her rehabilitation has been.
Terry Gain says
I think 3030 is more appropriate, given that she endorsed the most inhumane conduct imaginable and believed that God ordered it.
James Lincoln says
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gravenimage says
I hve never heard Shamima Begum apologize for any of the violence of ISIS.
Ray Jarman says
The title of the article should be, “Cry, Cry, Cry” or may “Cry Me A River.” As G. I. stated, she has show no repentance for the thousands of Yazidi girls and women who were raped, brutalized and butchered for pleasure. She does not recognize any of her atrocious actions so let her return to England when she can bring back even one of the people slaughtered by ISIS and creatures like her.
mgoldberg says
I notice she did not disavow anything about the previous homicidism that she joined. She didn’t say, I rejiect the killing and subjugating of non muslims, anywhere. She wasn’t I assume asked about any of the killings she saw herself and how she would reject any doctrines that claim this is valid. Also I dont’ see where she said, ‘please forgive me for my hateful beliefs and acts against my country’. JMO
gravenimage says
So true.
Vicky says
Even if she did, it would a permissible lie.
notnolib says
Does she still have a clitoris, or is she a proper muslima?
mortimer says
That is a valid question, because ISIS followed Sharia law meticulously and that would be one of the things they enforced.
What a malicious, misogynistic, savage horror that is too.
Infidel says
Speaking of which, sterilization is one of the things she should be made to undergo to be even considered eligible for return
Infidel says
Since Britain has already revoked her citizenship, Syria should go ahead, arrest, try and then either imprison or execute her, depending on whatever their courts conclude. Or maybe, if they’re feeling generous, ask Bangladesh whether they’re interested in getting and trying her. Bangladesh is on record as saying that they would have hanged her had she been a direct Bangladesh citizen. Or maybe Syria can ask Turkey or Pakistan if either of them want her. If not, put her out of everyone’s misery
tim gallagher says
The main thing I think about all these people who raced off to join in with diabolical monsters from ISIS was that there was a huge amount of publicity about the truly evil and disgusting actions that the ISIS vermin were carrying out. Anyone, including so called “dumb kids” like this scumbag, knew what they were going to join in with and I think they were such evil scum that the murder and torture that they could get involved with doing was probably the main drawcard for them to go there. No one should show the slightest bit of compassion for such an evil piece of crap and she should be left to rot away where she is. Probably should have been executed by now for joining in with such evil acts as the ISIS mob carried out. ISIS were about as bad as human beings can get. I have a bad feeling that she will end up back in the UK because our western countries are far too compassionate to scum like her. Maybe it is virtue signalling, but our authorities seem to be too nice to people who don’t deserve to be treated that way. I don’t believe a word she says – totally self serving bullshit.
gravenimage says
Exactly, Tim. No one was naive about what *ISIS* was up to.
tim gallagher says
No doubt about it, gravenimage. I believe that these evil people went there so that they could join in with committing the atrocities ISIS were carrying out. So how evil have “kids”, dumb or smart, got to be to want to join in with such evil? Disgusting monsters and I have no sympathy for them, except for the very young children who were dragged over there by parents who wanted to join ISIS.
gravenimage says
Agreed, Tim. Shamima Begum seems to just regret the end of the Islamic State, and that she cannot just waltz back and collect more bennies fronm the Infidels in Britain.
john smith says
I agree Tim and Gravenimage.
Her excuse, “I was just a dumb kid that made one mistake” is no excuse at all. Many youngsters make mistakes such as doing a bit of shoplifting, or getting into drink or drugs I have made them myself. Something that most of us would never do is to go and join a murderous sect that thrives on everything that is evil. Rape, slavery, torture and murder were normal every day occurrences for isis, I have absolutely no sympathy what so ever for her, she has made her bed, so let her lie in it. She is thoroughly evil to the core and I believe she always will be.
tim gallagher says
Thanks for the comments, gravenimage and john. Yes, I don’t think she has shown any genuine sorrow over having gone off to join the ISIS vermin, gravenimage. It would be idiotic for the UK to take her back. john, I agree with you. It was no secret what ISIS was up to, so this supposed “dumb kid”, and all the other scum of the earth who raced off to join ISIS, was actually, in my opinion, about as evil as any human being can be. AS you say, the difference between a bit of minor delinquency in a teenager and someone who wants to go and murder and torture people is immense. Of course, Islam produces a lot of these monsters. I hope this woman rots away in that crap hole for the rest of her evil life.
gravenimage says
Agreed, John and tim. This is not the sort of “mistake” normal kids make.
Walter Sieruk says
Some of those jihadists of ISIS along with their Muslim clerics must be very skillful with their use of words to sway and manipulate young and impressible Muslim girls to recruit them into joining ISIS.
It’s a despicable sin of those male ISIS members and their imams to use their power of speech for beguilement. After some time in the grip of ISIS some of those young females has a very harsh reality check and think to themselves “What did I ever get myself into.”
Those heinous fiends of ISIS will use them as their tools for anything that they want to, if they are able to.
Be it baby factory or a sex slave or work slave and even use them as their stooges for jihad suicide/homicide bombing.
Those ISIS/ Muslims in their practice of non-watered down Qu ‘ran based Islam are the epitome of evil.
mortimer says
Yes, Walter, jihad-preachers like Anwar Awlaki were very skilled at explaining jihadism. I have read his sermons. They compel anyone who believes the Koran to be of divine origin.
John says
From the words from a Classic Song” No Way, Get F–KED, F__K Off.” Maybe a decade of exile to prove what you say is in order first. See you next Decade, Bye Bye.
John says
P.S, leave islam also in that Decade.
SecondThoughter says
Hand me a tissue I think I’m about to cry. I want to hug her too.
gravenimage says
ISIS bride Shamima Begum renews plea to return to UK: ‘I was just a dumb kid who made one mistake’
…………………..
Shamima Begum was not just some naif who thought that the Islamic State would be full of devout, praying Muslims. She reportedly was an enforcer in ISIS’s “morality police”, where she carried a Kalashnikov. She continued to recruit more women to join the Jihadist group. An anti-ISIL activist told The Independent that there are separate allegations of “Begum [stitching] suicide bombers into explosive vests so they could not be removed without detonating”.
Sick, sick stuff.
More:
Speaking during a new interview from the Syrian al-Roj prison camp, where she is still being held, Ms Begum said she would ‘love’ to help rehabilitate other former terrorist recruits.
…………………..
I just bet she would…
Ray Jarman says
G. I.,
Excellently said.
gravenimage says
Thank you, Ray.
PRCS says
If, lif and only if she can be absolutely, positively monitored 7/24/365—bring her back with the condition that she publicly renounces Islam and will be sent on tour to specifically state that Islamic law is both antithetical to, is incompatible with, and must always be subordinate to Great Britain’s man-made laws.
Anything less–rot in Syria.
And wouldn’t a face-to-face with Anjem Choudary be fun to watch!
James Lincoln says
PRCS,
Yes, if all of those conditions were met.
In addition, she would have to very publicly support UK anti-jihadists like Tommy Robinson, Anne Marie Waters, etc…
PRCS says
Yes.
BTW: latest AMW vid:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoQ3evGxmb8
gravenimage says
Thanks for that link, PRCS. Good–and very troubling–stuff from Anne Marie Waters. She also refers to Robert Spencer’s observations about the Islamization of the town of Batley.
latha says
Fist fights & profanity in Pakistan Parliament. What else do you expect from these p!g$ ? :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmftuzif7jI&ab_channel=WIONWIONVerified
Better & natural stuff than WWE, never to be missed. Best entertainment promised.
But to think that these swines have been hoarded in our countries for their votes without any vetting for COVID or criminality & allowed to breed & multiply with the hard earned tax money of law abiding citizens isn’t funny.
gravenimage says
Barbarians. Thanks for the link.
Michael Copeland says
The request at the end of the article is presumably addressed to the Home Secretary, Priti Patel (the one who is bringing in all these cross-Channel invaders).
‘Can I come home please, pretty please?’ should. be “….Priti, please?”
Jayell says
‘….it is clear that the British media truly, madly, deeply, wants her back in the country, and will not rest until she has returned.’
Apparently, very true. But what about the rest of 66+ million in the UK? Everyone and their respective dog knows only too well that the UK media (especially the BBC!) speak only for those devious nebulous entities floating around in the corridors of power both from within the UK and floating in from outside like some toxic cloud – but most definitely NOT for Mr & Mrs. Average UK Citizen. No one wants to see Ms. Begum and her ilk contaminating the streets of Bethnal Green again – maybe apart from some of her remaining chums in the Islamic Republic of Tower Hamlets (of which Bethnal Green is a part) but the press hasn’t got round to interviewing any of them yet.
It’s interesting how she completely and conveniently dissociates herself from from that ‘dumb kid’ who behaved so disgustingly atrociously, doesn’t seem to realise how bad it was, takes no responsibility and doesn’t apologise for anything. That could be gross emotional immaturity/stupidity verging on psychopathy, which would explain her being unphased by the heads in the buckets etc. and a total lack of a moral compass. So, if she ever returns, how quickly might she conveniently revert back? The UK media clearly aren’t too bothered about that in the same that they’re obviously not too bothered about UK citizens.
By the way, talking about ‘dumb kids’ is not ‘English’ English; it’s American English which the likes of Ms. Begum would no doubt have taken on board from the international media without realising that it’s not the sort of thing a ‘British’ person would normally say – which rather shows that she was never actually ‘British’ even before they took her passport away.
gravenimage says
Agreed, Jayell. Of course, her using American English slang is the least of it…
Infidel says
I’m guessing that she spoke Bangladeshi at home w/ her parents before she took that journey to Syria to procreate jihadist babies
Ade Fegan says
Look on the bright side love
the longer you have to wait
the more compensation you will be awarded
Don Davenport says
No worries Shamima, General Tso Joe Biden and his handlers will ensure the Islamic State will rise again and you can enjoy your former glory.
If that doesn’t work out, apply for asylum in the US. No doubt CNN would be happy to do a few weeper pieces on your behalf and the elites would welcome you with open arms. Maybe you’ll be invited to give the commencement address for the 2023 graduating class of an elite institute of higher learning.
Then again, there is Canada and the mighty and compassionate Justin Treadeu….
gravenimage says
Here’s some ‘sympathy for the devil’ from Canada:
“UK must restore ISIL bride Shamima Begum’s citizenship”
https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/august-2020/isil-citizenship/
Don Davenport says
If Ebby L. Abramson is so keen for her return to the west, he should fiercely lobby the Canadian government to let her come to Canada and he can invite Shamima and her children to come live with him.
Leading by example us the very best example.
Cherith says
On her way to work one morning
Down the path alongside the lake
A tender-hearted woman saw a poor half-frozen snake
His pretty colored skin had been all frosted with the dew
“Oh well,” she cried, “I’ll take you in and I’ll take care of you”
“Take me in oh tender woman
Take me in, for heaven’s sake
Take me in oh tender woman,” sighed the snake
She wrapped him up all cozy in a curvature of silk
And then laid him by the fireside with some honey and some milk
Now she hurried home from work that night as soon as she arrived
She found that pretty snake she’d taken in had been revived
“Take me in, oh tender woman
Take me in, for heaven’s sake
Take me in oh tender woman,” sighed the snake
Now she clutched him to her bosom, “You’re so beautiful,” she cried
“But if I hadn’t brought you in by now you might have died”
Now she stroked his pretty skin and then she kissed and held him tight
But instead of saying thanks, that snake gave her a vicious bite
“Take me in, oh tender woman
Take me in, for heaven’s sake
Take me in oh tender woman,” sighed the snake
“I saved you,” cried that woman
“And you’ve bit me even, why?
You know your bite is poisonous and now I’m going to die”
“Oh shut up, silly woman,” said the reptile with a grin
“You knew damn well I was a snake before you took me in
”Take me in, oh tender woman
Take me in, for heaven’s sake
Take me in oh tender woman,“ sighed the snake
gravenimage says
Spot on.
God Almighty says
4,389 Illegal migrants arrived in the UK by small boat up to June 6 – way up from the 1,754 who arrived by small boat in the same period last year. Just 591 arrived in the same period in 2019 and a mere 11 came across the Channel in the early months of 2018. If the proportional rate of increase holds for the entire year, the UK would be on course to receive an eye-watering 21,802 migrants in 2021 – the equivalent of twenty military battalions, four brigades, or two army divisions.
Not only does this Begum creature need keeping out of the UK but the well established 3,500 known jihadists that we have need to be booted out too. These scum cost the taxpayer some 9 Billion pounds per year to monitor 24/7 and at that they still struggle to be topside of things. With these sub-humans it is not a case of will they ever launch an attack, but when.
IanB says
The vast majority of the illegal immigrants crossing the Channel to England are Muslim males of military age. What could possibly go wrong?
No politician dare state this.
Giacomo Latta says
”Ms Begum said she would ‘love’ to help rehabilitate other former terrorist recruits”
Good news for her. What better place to open up shop than at al-Roj? She should have enough clients to keep herself busy unless, of course, they are all kids who have made stupid mistakes.
mortimer says
Begum says (with very little credibility), “‘I personally don’t think that I need to be rehabilitated, but I would want to help other people be rehabilitated. I would love to help.”
What has she actually done to deprogram Muslim death cultists? It is a dangerous job and requires hundreds of hours of study. Indoctrinated Muslims are like ‘Hoodini’s’ of ideology. They can wriggle out of the most convincing ideological arguments underwater with a blindfold on. This allows Muslims to remain in Islam even when all evidence shows Islam is false.
What present-day Muslims are finding the hardest challenge is the lack of preservation of the Koranic text. The fact that the Koranic texts have been repeatedly modifies proves conclusively that ‘Allah’ did not keep his promise to preserve the text.
Infidel says
Mortimer
Maybe she could try teaching them that the quran is of human origin ?
Jimbo says
Shamima Begum now wants to spread the Jihad to Britain while receiving all kinds of free stuff. These Muslims always fake it and claim that they made a mistake and that they now see that radicalism is wrong but it’s all a ruse. It’s classic taqia which believe it or not Muslims claim is not part of their religion.
European pagan says
Is there no death penalty in Syria? Why is she still alive?
Infidel says
She’s been in Kurdish hands, from what I understand. Not Syrians. Although the Kurds should start executing prisoners that no country wants to take: it’s not their job to feed them and keep them alive – they have their hands full handling the Turks and the Arabs
Elizabeth Lawson says
What an interesting interview – particularly when we all have read of the atrocities committed by radical Islamists, ISIS and the like. Whether she likes it or not, she was unquestionably complicit in crimes against humanity. Only God knows how many suffered and died at the hands of her “band of warriors” – whether directly or indirectly, we will never know. Sure, things ( by all accounts) looked exciting and fun, and with a new spouse in hand he and she set out to wreak havoc on the unsuspecting, the undefended, the innocent, wherever they found them. Beware, there IS permission granted by thenMoslem book to tell a “ white lie” – having attired herself as indistinguishable from any other American/European young person ( baseball cap included) and added the “pretty please” plea, I would suggest that this individual has been well groomed for the task ahead – fooling the foolish and the obtuse.
Crusades Were Right says
“People need to understand the situation I was in at the time when I was doing all those interviews. I had just come out of a war zone…”
I “understand” it was YOU and your kind who MADE that part of the world a “war zone”, Ms Begum.
No hugs for you here.
gravenimage says
+1
gregbeetham says
Yeah it would have been a difficult mistake to spot especially when ISIS was so attractive, the never ending violence, murder and torture not to mention banditry and theft, surely people all over the place would jump at the chance to have almost the entire legitimate world chucking bombs and bullets at you…idiot!
OLD GUY says
A mass murder can say the same thing. I just made one mistake, yea you have to live with that sometimes for the rest of your miserable life choice’s.
R Russell says
I’ve always believed she would be allowed back in. I just believe the UK government had to make some sort of show about her.
Mark my word. By next year at this time she will be back it the UK, citizenship restored.