Kadiza Sultana got into the news after Shamima Begum’s incident surfaced online. She is Shamima Begum’s close friend and a member of the Bethnal Green schoolgirls who fled the UK to join the Islamic State.
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She has been reported dead after she was killed by an airstrike in Syria. This was disclosed by @itvnews.
Shamima Begun is currently top searched on the internet after the news of her citizenship revocation surfaced online. Shamima Begum and two friends, Amira Abase and Kadiza Sultana entered Syria through Turkey at the early age of 15 on February 2015.
They were students at Bethnal Green Academy in London and formed the Bethnal Green trio. According to sources, Shamima Begum became an enforcer amongst ISIL and attempted an initiative to recruit other young women.
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Her existence and survival were traced and confirmed at the Al-Hawl refugee camp in Northern Syria. This was done by war correspondent Anthony Loyd on 13th February 2019.
On 14th February 2019, Shamima Begum’s British Citizenship was revoked by the British Home Secretary, Sajid Javid. She was banned from entering the United Kingdom. However, in July 2020, the Court of Appeal ruled that Begum should be permitted to return to the UK in order fairly to contest the Home Secretary’s decision by instructing lawyers properly.
Afterward, the ruling about the permission for her to return was appealed to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom which, on 26 February 2021, ruled unanimously against her, reversing the decision of the Court of Appeal and preventing her return.
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