UK’s ISIS Schoolgirl Case Shows Justice is Key

Expand Renu Begum, eldest sister of Shamima Begum, 15, holds her sister's photo as she is interviewed by the media at New Scotland Yard, London, England, February 22, 2015. © 2015 Laura Lean/WPA Pool/Getty Images “All I want to do is come home to Britain.” So says Shamima Begum, a heavily pregnant British teenager, who joined the Islamic State aged 15 but last week fled as ISIS’ final stronghold in eastern Syria crumbled around her. Her case has sparked heated debate about how those who moved voluntarily to live under ISIS rule should be treated by their country of citizenship. Now that the…

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