Bring Me Home: (Pt 3) Deradicalising Shamima Begum

Bring Me Home: (Pt 3) Deradicalising Shamima Begum

Author: The Times November 25, 2020 Duration: 38:21

Supreme Court judges are now deliberating on whether Begum should be allowed back to Britain to fight for her citizenship. But would happen if she did return? How does deradicalisation work and when can it go wrong?


All this week, Stories of our Times brings you a special series on Shamima Begum, and her fight to come home to Britain.


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Guests:

Tania Joya, former jihadist, former wife of senior Islamic State leader. 

Usama Hasan, research consultant, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change. 

Christopher Dean, psychologist; Senior Fellow, Global Centre for Cooperative Security.


Host: Manveen Rana. 

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