ISIS Bride Shemima Begum Gets Legal Funding to Fight for Citizenship

L: Shamima Begum being interviewed by Sky News in northern Syria on Feb. 17, 2019. R: Begum’s father Ahmed Ali speaking to reporters in Sunamganu, Bangladesh, on March 5, 2019. Reuters; AP Photo

Schoolgirl ISIS bride Shamima Begum has been granted taxpayer-funded legal assistance in her bid to overturn the decision to revoke her British citizenship—even though she hasn’t asked for it.

Begum travelled to Syria at the age of 15 from the UK to join the so-called caliphate.