Is Shamima Begum’s transformation a ploy to get back into Britain?

by HoratioTarr Tue Mar 16, 2021 9:31 am

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/shamima-begums-transformation-ploy-get-back-britain/

by HoratioTarr Tue Mar 16, 2021 9:32 am

Sculptor Sir Anish Kapoor, who created the Orbit tower for the 2012 London Olympics, and Begum’s lawyer Tasnime Akunjee have claimed Britain’s treatment of Begum is racist.

They said that if ‘four young white schoolgirls from Wiltshire were enticed to go to Syria’ to join IS, Britain ‘would be demanding no expense be spared and not a moment wasted in having them returned to the safety of their homes’.

by HoratioTarr Tue Mar 16, 2021 9:38 am

Begum was stripped of her British nationality/passport because she has dual nationality. Nobody who has single nationality can be stripped of their passport.

by Tommy Monk Tue Mar 16, 2021 3:18 pm

She can go back to the country of her family which she is still a citizen of

Of course she has had a makeover to try to blah her way back into the UK.

She is a dangerous terrorist, no matter what clothes she is wearing, and has no place in the UK.

by Original Quill Tue Mar 16, 2021 3:50 pm

HT wrote:...if ‘four young white schoolgirls from Wiltshire were enticed to go to Syria’ to join IS, Britain ‘would be demanding no expense be spared and not a moment wasted in having them returned to the safety of their homes’.

The Telegraph article is unavailable, but from what I can see of what you have posted, HT, it's an interesting legal theory.

But I'm not sure it's racism, or any form thereof. If anything, it sounds like a legal technicality. Dual citizenship >> deportation, and there is no underlying reason.

Her parents were of Bangladeshi citizenship, but without more that fact alone does not single her out or make her a target of the state. Does Akunjee explain how the adverse action is related to membership in a particular racial or ethnic group (fact or status of dual Bangladeshi/British citizenship)? I know that certain points-of-origin are so-called ‘shithole’ countries, but would the same argument be available to someone from Norway?

If not, Akunjee will have to show more.

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