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Shamima Begum: Ex-Bethnal Green schoolgirl who joined IS 'wants to come home'

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  • tomgooduntomgoodun Member Posts: 3,754

    half the problem is in the uk is conforming to people who call racist card everybody too scared to do owt because your called racist if you say anything about jews your zenophobic oh and if you speak like me your classed as a bigot because it does not conform to PC views
    End of the day she joined a terrorist organisation it should be made very hard for her to come back just might make it a deterrent to others

    So far on this thread I see no evidence of anyone calling you a bigot or any other names.
    However... You on the other hand have used the terms “Do Gooders, PC Brigade, You Lot, Namby Pamby”
    It doesn’t help the debate really does it...
  • dobiesdrawdobiesdraw Member Posts: 2,793
    edited March 2019

    tomgoodun said:

    half the problem is in the uk is conforming to people who call racist card everybody too scared to do owt because your called racist if you say anything about jews your zenophobic oh and if you speak like me your classed as a bigot because it does not conform to PC views
    End of the day she joined a terrorist organisation it should be made very hard for her to come back just might make it a deterrent to others

    So far on this thread I see no evidence of anyone calling you a bigot or any other names.
    However... You on the other hand have used the terms “Do Gooders, PC Brigade, You Lot, Namby Pamby”
    It doesn’t help the debate really does it...
    I don't think Mason was particularly referring to being called anything on here , but in general . Whilst I don't agree with his views , he has a point about that ...a very pc world , not necessarily for the better .
  • madprofmadprof Member Posts: 3,458

    Australia sends its refugees to an island dont hear much screaming civil rights there we got a few islands dotted around :)

    Lest you forget...we used to send some of our prisoners to an island....
  • MasoniReefMasoniReef Member Posts: 168
    madprof said:

    Australia sends its refugees to an island dont hear much screaming civil rights there we got a few islands dotted around :)

    Lest you forget...we used to send some of our prisoners to an island....
    and now we not good enough to enter go figure lol
  • EssexphilEssexphil Member Posts: 8,780
    We can all have different views about what should happen to Ms Begum.

    But the number of people who seem to take delight that her (3rd) baby may have died saddens me.
  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 169,669

    The comments about this on Twitter - I've not seen Facebook - are repulsive.

    People celebrating & laughing about the death of a month old baby? WTF is the matter with people?

  • stokefcstokefc Member Posts: 7,830
    Tikay10 said:


    The comments about this on Twitter - I've not seen Facebook - are repulsive.

    People celebrating & laughing about the death of a month old baby? WTF is the matter with people?

    thats what this countrys come to
    faceless bigots racists and anything else that comes to mind all with a keyboard
    its only gonna get worse too :(
  • hhyftrftdrhhyftrftdr Member Posts: 8,036
    Looks like its true, sadly.

    This reflects appallingly on the UK government. Rendering a British citizen stateless, when they have just given birth into a refugee camp, is well beyond the pale. And the consequences of that decision is a deceased baby.
  • dobiesdrawdobiesdraw Member Posts: 2,793
    Speaking to the BBC on Friday, before it was confirmed that the baby had died, Mr Javid said: "Sadly there are probably many children, obviously perfectly innocent, who have been born in this war zone.

    "I have nothing but sympathy for the children that have been dragged into this.

    "This is a reminder of why it is so, so dangerous for anyone to be in this war zone."

    But Conservative MP and former Justice Minister Phillip Lee urged the government to "reflect" on its "moral responsibility" for the tragedy.

    He said that despite her "abhorrent views" the decision to remove Ms Begum's citizenship seemed "driven by populism and not by any principle I recognise".



  • EnutEnut Member Posts: 3,521
    The death of Ms Begum's child is tragic beyond belief, as was the death of her two other children. Given that she hates this country and was only returning for the benefit of her son I wonder if she will now give up her attempt to return?

    From a personal point of view I certainly wouldn't let her back now, but I don't get to make that decision, legally I think she has to be allowed back and then go through the due process of the legal system to see what action is taken against her. This will probably cost millions of pounds, money that I think could be better spent.
  • hhyftrftdrhhyftrftdr Member Posts: 8,036
    Enut said:

    The death of Ms Begum's child is tragic beyond belief, as was the death of her two other children. Given that she hates this country and was only returning for the benefit of her son I wonder if she will now give up her attempt to return?

    From a personal point of view I certainly wouldn't let her back now, but I don't get to make that decision, legally I think she has to be allowed back and then go through the due process of the legal system to see what action is taken against her. This will probably cost millions of pounds, money that I think could be better spent.

    On what grounds, legally or otherwise, wouldn't you ''let her back''?
  • EnutEnut Member Posts: 3,521

    Enut said:

    The death of Ms Begum's child is tragic beyond belief, as was the death of her two other children. Given that she hates this country and was only returning for the benefit of her son I wonder if she will now give up her attempt to return?

    From a personal point of view I certainly wouldn't let her back now, but I don't get to make that decision, legally I think she has to be allowed back and then go through the due process of the legal system to see what action is taken against her. This will probably cost millions of pounds, money that I think could be better spent.

    On what grounds, legally or otherwise, wouldn't you ''let her back''?

    'From a personal point of view I certainly wouldn't let her back now, but I don't get to make that decision, legally I think she has to be allowed back and then go through the due process of the legal system to see what action is taken against her. This will probably cost millions of pounds, money that I think could be better spent. '

    I quite clearly stated the above. I don't think I need to clarify further.
  • hhyftrftdrhhyftrftdr Member Posts: 8,036
    Enut said:

    Enut said:

    The death of Ms Begum's child is tragic beyond belief, as was the death of her two other children. Given that she hates this country and was only returning for the benefit of her son I wonder if she will now give up her attempt to return?

    From a personal point of view I certainly wouldn't let her back now, but I don't get to make that decision, legally I think she has to be allowed back and then go through the due process of the legal system to see what action is taken against her. This will probably cost millions of pounds, money that I think could be better spent.

    On what grounds, legally or otherwise, wouldn't you ''let her back''?

    'From a personal point of view I certainly wouldn't let her back now, but I don't get to make that decision, legally I think she has to be allowed back and then go through the due process of the legal system to see what action is taken against her. This will probably cost millions of pounds, money that I think could be better spent. '

    I quite clearly stated the above. I don't think I need to clarify further.
    So it's purely financial?
  • EnutEnut Member Posts: 3,521

    So it's purely financial?

    No. Do you understand what ISIS stands for and wants to achieve? It's that really.
  • hhyftrftdrhhyftrftdr Member Posts: 8,036
    Enut said:


    So it's purely financial?

    No. Do you understand what ISIS stands for and wants to achieve? It's that really.

    So you didn't ''quite clearly'' state anything then, other than the financial side of things.

    If a British national went to Benidorm and, without provocation and totally random, brutally killed a fellow British holidaymaker, would you be happy with that person being allowed back in the country? Or do you think they should also be stripped of their British citizenship?
  • EnutEnut Member Posts: 3,521
    I quite clearly stated that 'legally I think she has to be allowed back and then go through the due process of the legal system to see what action is taken against her.' But you elected to ignore that part of my post.

    Yes, I think the money spent on her case, prosecution costs and I presume the legal aid funded defense, could be spent on on any one of thousands of more deserving cases. But it wont be.

    The 'British national went to Benidorm and, without provocation and totally random, brutally killed a fellow British holidaymaker, would you be happy with that person being allowed back in the country?' No I wouldn't, they should stand trial in the country they commited the crime. That doesn't seem to be an option in this case. Stripped of their British citizenship? Yes, I wouldn't have a problem with that, but again it's not my decision to make.

    This thread was started by Tikay asking for people's opinions, I have given mine. I have no desire to keep having to defend my point of view and I suspect that that may be the reason why the vast majority of people don't bother posting on this type of thread.
  • hhyftrftdrhhyftrftdr Member Posts: 8,036
    I've not ignored anything. Legally you think she should return, but morally you don't think she should be allowed (you seemed reluctant to divulge this further) It's a stance I struggle to comprehend, along with the financial caveat as well.

    Just curious to know at what point do you strip/not strip a British citizen of their citizenship?

    Aside from running off to Syria to join ISIS, we don't know what crimes and to what severity Shamima Begum has committed. It doesn't seem to be the case that she was on the frontline, but many questions need to be asked.

    She should have been brought back to this country, baby taken into care and have the correct authorities look into her case and bring about any criminal proceedings they deem appropriate.

    It's a forum, where things are debated. If you don't want to debate or clarify stuff, then maybe it's advisable not to put forward your point of view, especially on a topic of this nature; you'd have to be pretty naïve not to expect further posts or questions when discussing a subject like this.

    Feel free to dissect ^, I won't get my knickers twisted ;)

  • EnutEnut Member Posts: 3,521

    I've not ignored anything. Legally you think she should return, but morally you don't think she should be allowed (you seemed reluctant to divulge this further) It's a stance I struggle to comprehend, along with the financial caveat as well.

    Just curious to know at what point do you strip/not strip a British citizen of their citizenship?

    Aside from running off to Syria to join ISIS, we don't know what crimes and to what severity Shamima Begum has committed. It doesn't seem to be the case that she was on the frontline, but many questions need to be asked.

    She should have been brought back to this country, baby taken into care and have the correct authorities look into her case and bring about any criminal proceedings they deem appropriate.

    It's a forum, where things are debated. If you don't want to debate or clarify stuff, then maybe it's advisable not to put forward your point of view, especially on a topic of this nature; you'd have to be pretty naïve not to expect further posts or questions when discussing a subject like this.

    Feel free to dissect ^, I won't get my knickers twisted ;)

    I don't think anyone leaving this country to join ISIS should be allowed back, yes there is an argument that she was a minor when she left, she isn't now and has shown no remorse.

    Strip someone of their citizenship? I guess the above would be enough for me, but legally she shouldn't have been stripped of her citizenship.

    'Aside from running off to Syria to join ISIS' - that's a pretty glib comment - it's a terrorist organisation banned by the British government that wants to overthrow the Western world and has form for genocide, child abuse and slavery. Again I previously asked 'Do you understand what ISIS stands for and wants to achieve?' You didn't answer that.
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