The family of jihadi bride Shamima Begum—whose return to the UK has been blocked on grounds of affiliation with the ISIS terror group—has told the British government in a letter they are “sickened by the comments she has made” in interviews, but want authorities to reverse the decision to strip her of British citizenship.
In a letter to British Home Secretary Sajid Javid, reportedly seen and cited by the BBC, the family said they “wish to make clear, that along with the rest of the country, we are shocked and appalled at the vile comments she has made to the media in recent days,” but that the family “cannot simply abandon her.” The family called for a British court to review the UK government’s decision to bar Begum from returning to Britain by revoking her British nationality.
