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Two British women lose citizenship for joining ISIS
After its decision to strip citizenship of Shamima Begum (c.f: https://goo.gl/QfQ5vQ), the British government issued a similar decision against two British-Pakistani young women for joining ISIS. They are, Rima Iqbal, 30, and her sister Zara, 28, who left east London to Syria in 2013 and married into ISIS terrorist cell and now have five boys under 8 years, Sunday Times reported on Sunday. On the issue, British Home Office spokesperson said any decision to revoke citizenship is evidence-based and is never taken lightly. In a related vein, a spokesperson for the US allied Syrian Democratic Forces confirmed the death of Begum’s newborn last Friday. On this, a Home Office official said the death of any child is tragic and distressing for his family. Diane Abbott, UK shadow home secretary, for her part, criticized the home office legal proceedings tweeting, “I am against international law which leaves a citizen stateless. Today an innocent child has died as a result of stripping a British woman her nationality. This is cruel and inhumane.” On the same issue, An Nahar newspaper on Saturday wrote that ISIS women do not regret joining ISIS, vowing to launch new wars and conquests. On the outskirts of the town of Baguz, east Syria, the newspaper said, women shout, God is great, repeating, “ISIS persists and is expanding”. They heave their shoes to the reporters’ cameras hurling insults, and warning of an imminent revenge. (Al Diyar, An Nahar, March 9,10,11, 2019)
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