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LONDON: Shamima Begum, a teenager who left London when she was aged 15 to join Islamic State in Syria, has had her British citizenship revoked, according to a letter sent to her family published by ITV News on Tuesday (Feb 19). Begum, who gave birth to a son at the weekend, was discovered in a refugee camp in Syria by a London Times journalist earlier this month. Now aged 19, she has told reporters she wants to return to Britain. A debate has broken out about whether Ms Begum, who travelled to Syria in 2015 aged 15, should be allowed to return to Britain having joined Isis, which has claimed responsibility for terrorist attacks on the UK. The Manchester Arena attack in May 2017 killed 22 people after a suicide bomber detonated a device packed with shrapnel at the end of a pop concert. In the latest of a series of interviews she has given while in the camp, Ms Begum told the BBC she had regrets about the Manchester attack: “I do feel that is wrong. Innocent people did get killed,” she said. “It’s one thing to kill a soldier – it’s fine, it’s self-defence. But to kill people like women and children – just like the women and children in Baghuz who are being killed right now unjustly by the bombings – it’s a two-way thing, really.” She continued: “This is kind of retaliation. Their justification was that it was retaliation so I thought that is a fair justification.” “That was unfair on them … They weren’t fighting anyone. They weren’t causing any harm. But neither was I and neither [were the] other women who are being killed right now back in Baghuz.” if you have been following the news, you'd be aware of all interviews the girl had done showing no remorse or whatsoever. She has even gone on to say that if her first baby had survived, she would have wanted him to become a ISIS fighter too. now the QN is, if one day a fellow brother or sister from Sg joins a terrorist group too but years later,regrets doing so and wish to return to sg, what would we do? what would our government do? do we let him/her return? should we risk it all? we dont know how damaged their minds would be then. should we let them return, jail them for an un-determined no of yearS? How many years is enough? how do we determine they are safe to be integrated bk to our society again after that? lets leave all sensitive matters pertaining religion out of this discussion. this is a fight against terrorist and not against our muslim brothers and sisters. https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/teenager-who-joined-islamic-state-group-in-syria-to-lose-uk-11260642?cid=FBcna&fbclid=IwAR1qrf4Uhy4FG7Lt1Q1caTnbVaH8ceVDViV6TOiArCGYYQfGsMC4ODJVQWA

I'm curious. Any of you joined MCF more than 10 years ago and is still active? I joined in 2002. And I kena 2 yellow cards in my 11th year and all within the same month! Sigh....

Now many moons have passed since our recent elections, PAP has emerged victorious. But it seems that many still resent the results and are lamenting about every government policy and the anti-FT sprit is high in this forum. My question: how many ex- keyboard warriors have since joined a political party? Or at least committed to make a monthly donation to the party of your choice? Anybody with experience to share?

Hope he did send in his SDP membership form instead of keeping it in his bag.

Hope to see more of such opposition new blood around. Gerald Giam: Why i joined the opposition? The 33-year-old former Foreign Service Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is one of 13 council members elected to the Central Executive Committee of the WP. Admire his courage. Do you think he can make it? Come to my ward . Regards,

Last time remember got the "Date joined" under the user name, how come it disappears? It's good to see a user's date of joining so as can see whether his/her post holds some weight(although not much, haha). I know can see the "Date joined" by clicking that user's profile page, but it is quite troublesome.. Can bring it back?

Alex Zhixiang Tan hi all i have joined the Singapore Democratic Alliance through Singapore People's Party under the respectable Mr Chiam See Tong. Singapore for Singaporeans