Because Islam 101 = 7th century.
His daughter frequented the notorious East London Mosque and he never spotted that a one of the warning signs of jihad infatuation? Looks like her transformation was in keeping with mainstream Islam, exactly what the Islamic State calls for, it was just the call to jihad that remained.
‘But then she changed her dressing style and wore a scarf and started praying five times a day.
‘Sometimes she would go to the East London Mosque for prayers.’
Her father was not worried about this change in her behaviour, and even took his daughter to Mecca for the hajj pilgrimage – an Islamic ritual devout Muslims are expected to perform at least once.
There is no difference in her Islamic behaviour, any more than there was at the time of Mohamed, where women remained in the camps while the jihadists left for plunder and murder for Allah, it’s just that this young girl left the reservation to be with the warring jihadis. Nothing more, nothing less. Saying so is just being factual.
She loved Rihanna, clothes and make-up… then fell under the spell of Islamists: How the FIRST British schoolgirl, 15, fled to join ISIS
Mohammad Uddin with pictures of his teenage daughter. He said he believes she was targeted by extremists
- Sharmeena Begum has been named as first girl to flee UK to join jihadis
- The 15-year-old is believed to be in the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa, Syria
- She left her home in Bethnal Green in December to join frontline extremists
- Months later three girls from the same school crossed border from Turkey
- Sharmeena’s father claims she was targeted following her mother’s death
- He says extremists contacted her mobile phone when she was vulnerable
Sharmeena Begum has been named as the first British schoolgirl to have fled home to join jihadis
This is the schoolgirl who led her three best friends to Syria after she was radicalised under the nose of her father.
Sharmeena Begum, who fled Britain to join Islamic State in December, can be named today as the first of four GCSE pupils at the same school to become jihadi brides.
The 15-year-old is believed to be in the IS stronghold of Raqqa with Kadiza Sultana, 16, Shamima Begum, 15, and Amira Abase, 15.
Last night her father said he had no idea that his daughter, who loved watching EastEnders and wanted to be a doctor, was being groomed to join the terror group.
Mohammad Uddin believes that Sharmeena was targeted through her phone by shadowy IS recruiters who exploited her vulnerability after the death of her mother.
‘Every parent should check what their children are doing on their phones at every moment,’ said the 38-year-old.
He also said his daughter’s school had ignored his warning to ‘keep an eye’ on her three best friends after she vanished in December. He questioned the trio about her disappearance but they denied all knowledge.
The girls said only that Sharmeena had been in covert phone contact with an unknown woman. ‘I feel angry about the people who have encouraged her,’ he told the Mail in an exclusive interview.
‘And I think the police should monitor the internet more because it’s destroying lives. It’s not fair. Not only my daughter’s, but her three friends, and I don’t know how many more it has destroyed.’
And Mr Uddin issued an emotional plea to his only child, saying: ‘Wherever you are, please come back. I’m missing you lots. I need to get my daughter back. Every night and every day is difficult – she was my one and only child. I wish she would contact me to say she is well. That would help me.’
Mr Uddin also revealed that:
- Sharmeena had been a typical teenager who enjoyed listening to pop music and going shopping;
- She started visiting the mosque and wearing Islamic dress after her mother died of cancer last year at 33;
- Police told him two women encouraged Sharmeena to join IS and took her to Gatwick for her flight to Istanbul;
- He last heard from her two weeks after she vanished, when she called to say: ‘I’m in Islamic State and I’m not coming back.’
Mr Uddin said Kadiza, Shamima and Amira came to visit him at his home in east London two days after Sharmeena vanished.
Recalling the conversation, he said: ‘I asked the girls about Sharmeena. I said “You guys are best friends” and they told me “We don’t know anything”.
