In a massive development, Shamima Begum on Friday lost her legal battle to be granted back citizenship of the United Kingdom. Shamima Begum who was infamously called ISIS Bride left the UK along with her friends when she was only 15 and went to Syria to join the terror group. As a result, Shamima Begum, 24, was stripped of her British status in 2019 on national security grounds and remains stuck in the war-ravaged country. As a result, Shamima Begum made countless legal attempts to get back her British citizenship so she could return to her country, however, her last hope was dismissed by the UK's Court of Appeal. The Court of Appeal's judges upheld the decision that termed Begun as a threat to the UK's national security.
It means Shamima Begum will remain in Syria with no chance of returning to the UK - although further appeals could take place in the future that could change this. Shamima Begum was only 15 when she left her home in East London with two friends to join the ISIS. Shamima Begum has claimed she was a "dumb kid" when she joined ISIS and "didn't want to be the friend that was left behind". However, Shamima Begum's lawyers have argued there is "overwhelming evidence" she was a victim of trafficking when she fled to the war-ravaged country.
Interestingly, Shamima Begum's story is somewhat similar to a Bollywood movie named The Kerala Story. The Kerala Story is a real story of 3 women with Bollywood actress Adah Sharma portraying the character of Nimisha AKA Fathima Isa.
Nimisha AKA Fathima Isa, was one of the four women from Kerala who fled to Afghanistan, between 2016 and 2018, to join the terror outfit ISIS and wage war against the US forces in ISIS-controlled Khorasan Province. The three others who were identified as fleeing from India along with Nimisha were Sonia Sebastian alias Ayisha, Merrin Jacob alias Mariyam and Raffaela. They were given the term 'ISIS Bride'.
In a 2021 report, Nimisha's mother Bindu Sampath stated that her daughter who went missing in 2017, was "brainwashed". She stated she has appealed to Kerala Minister Muraleedharan and others. Not only this, but Bindu also appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to bring her daughter back to India. Bindu stated that her daughter will face Indian laws.
However, the Government of India denied the request for extradition of the four Indian women who were lodged in a high-security prison in Afghanistan. Reports suggest that the Taliban had offered India to extradite the Indian women who joined ISIS, but India denied their extradition.