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The father of Jihadi bride Shamima Begum today blamed the UK authorities for letting her flee to Syria. Ahmed Ali claimed the teenager did not have a passport when she left her home in Bethnal Green at the age of 15 to marry an ISIS fighter. She is now in a refugee camp in Syria and wants to return to the UK with her baby. In an interview from his home in Bangladesh, Mr Ali, 60, said: “The British immigration system is very informed, the most informed system in the world. I always say how did (Shamima) get there using another one’s passport? She doesn’t even have her own passport. These matters should be investigated.” He also renewed calls for the government to allow his daughter to return to the UK to face punishment. British Home Secretary Sajid Javid has revoked her citizenship. Mr Ali, who lives in the northeastern Bangladeshi district of Sunamganj with his second wife, suggested that his daughter should return to the UK and if she has committed a crime, be punished here. He said: "My child was only 15 years old when she fled, she was immature. I would ask the British government not to cancel her citizenship, to return her citizenship, and if she is guilty, bring her back to Britain and give her punishment there." Mr Ali said he first moved to England in 1975 but then returned to his village in Bangladesh to marry his first wife, Asma Begum, in 1990. The couple, who returned to England, had four daughters with Shamima being the youngest. The 60-year-old later returned to Bangladesh and got married for a second time. Most recently, he came to live in Bangladesh two months ago to escape the UK winter. Mr Ali has criticised British authorities for failing to properly deal with the issue of children who have fled to join ISIS. Article created by Yahoo, you can read more here ( click ).
