Islamic State recruit Shamima Begum can return to UK to appeal citizenship removal, court rules

The Court of Appeal said Begum, who is currently detained in Syria, should be allowed to return to her home country to fight the UK’s decision to revoke her British citizenship.
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Renu Begum, eldest sister of Shamima Begum, 15, holds her sister's photo as she is interviewed by the media at New Scotland Yard, as the relatives of three missing schoolgirls believed to have fled to Syria to join Islamic State have pleaded for them to return home, on Feb. 22, 2015, in London, England. - Laura Lean - WPA Pool/Getty Images
Elizabeth Hagedorn
Elizabeth Hagedorn
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Shamima Begum, who left London as a teen to join the Islamic State (IS) in Syria, should be allowed to return to her home country to challenge the UK’s decision to revoke her citizenship, a British court said Thursday.

The UK Home Office maintains that Begum, who lived under IS rule for several years, is a threat to national security and called the Court of Appeal judgment “disappointing.”

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