'BRING HIM HOME TO US'
ISIS bride Shamima Begum’s family beg to raise her ‘innocent’ son in UK as they slam her ‘vile’ views
Shamima's family has written to the Home Secretary saying that her status is 'a matter for our British courts'
THE desperate family of ISIS bride Shamima Begum have begged to raise her "innocent" newborn son in Britain as they denounce her "vile" fundamentalist views.
Writing to the Home Secretary they vowed to support the teen mum as she takes the fight for her status to the British courts.
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In the letter, written by Shamima’s oldest sister Renu, the family admit they have been "shocked and appalled at the vile comments" the 19-year-old has made in recent days.
She goes on to ask Sajid Javid to "recognise my nephew, Shamima's son, as a British citizen".
Shamima left east London in 2015 to join the terror group and is currently living in a refugee camp in northern Syria.
She gave birth to a baby boy on Sunday, naming him Jerah after a historic jihadi warlord, and has said she wants to return to the UK.
[Shamima's son] is the one true innocent and should not lose the privilege of being raised in the safety of this country
Shamima Begum's sister Renu
"As a family, we ask now how we can assist you in bringing my nephew home to us,"; the letter continued.
"In all of this debacle, he is the one true innocent and should not lose the privilege of being raised in the safety of this country."
The family claim Shamima has been in the "thrall" of a "murderous and misogynistic cult" for four years now and "her exploitation at their hands has fundamentally damaged her".
Renu added that despite watching her sister "open her mouth and set fire to our nation's emotions" with "sickening" comments, the Begums will support her case in British courts.
BATTLE IN THE COURTS
"We hope you understand our position in this respect and why we must, therefore, assist Shamima in challenging your decision to take away the one thing that is her only hope at rehabilitation, her British citizenship,” the letter states.
"Shamima's status will now be a matter for our British courts to decide in due course.
"We seek solace in the fact that the institution of our courts as independent arbitrators of this nation's laws have served as a bastion of good practice to the world.
"My family trusts that this institution will properly perform its functions and entrusts Shamima's future to its decision-making process."
ISIS BRIDE BEGS FOR MERCY
Shamima has said she is "willing to change" her ways while pleading for "mercy" from Britain.
The 19-year-old also claims her son Jerah is so sick she will not allow him to return to the UK without her.
"I am struggling to get my supplies in right now," she told Sky News correspondent John Sparks while speaking from Syria.
"I don't have a card because they lost my card, so I have to run around to take care of my son now, when I am sick. I am not getting my stuff."
In a message to British politicians the teen said: "I would like them to re-evaluate my case with a bit more mercy in their heart, you know."
'I AM WILLING TO CHANGE'
if she could be rehabilitated following her time with the terror group, she replied: "I am willing to change."
The young mum also said she has no desire to go to Bangladesh - who don't want her anyway.
She said: "I don't have anything there, another language, I have never even seen the place, I don't know why people are offering that to me."
Earlier today it was claimed Begum could be handed a backdoor route to return to the UK as her baby is British.
I would like them to re-evaluate my case with a bit more mercy in their heart, you know
Shamima Begum
Immigration lawyers have said Begum could use her son's nationality to accompany him back to Britain.
However, it's also been reported Begum could be stuck in her squalid refugee camp for two years after Britain and Holland also battle to keep her away from their borders.
She fled her home in Bethnal Green, East London, in 2015 to join Islamic State but gave birth to a baby boy over the weekend.
Begum had been begging to come back to the UK to raise Jerah, but her hopes appeared to be dashed when the Home Office stripped her British citizenship.
Home Secretary Sajid Javid said the government had to make "tough decisions" to keep the UK safe, adding: "There must be consequences for those that back terror."
However, he admitted returning jihadists can't always be prosecuted over what they've done in the Middle East as it's so hard to gather evidence.
He continued: "Then let's say they're in the UK and they radicalise others, they groom others, they carry out a terrorist attack themselves or incite others to do that.
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"What about the danger and risk to the country of that?
"What about the impact on community cohesion if people come back to the country and use that to radicalise others? I have to weigh that up too.
"These are people who chose to leave the UK and join a terrorist organisation that hates the UK and everyone who lives in the UK."
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