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Shamima Begum's family lawyer claims ISIS terror bride is victim of British sexism

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Terror bride Shamima Begum is a victim of British sexism, her family’s lawyer has claimed. Criminal defence expert Tasnime Akunjee insisted that the 20-year-old has faced harsher criticism in the UK purely ­because she is a woman.

Speaking out after judges ruled she should be allowed to return from Syria, he said: “Gender does play a very, very large role in the public reaction to this situation.” The Home Office is fighting a Court of Appeal ruling on Begum, who was 15 when she fled home in East London to join IS with two pals in 2015.

The jihadi bride is currently in a refugee camp and wants to return to the UK to contest a decision to strip her of her citizenship.

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