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Holidaymaker claims she was stopped at Manchester Airport 'for having similar name to Isis bride Shamima Begum'
07.04.2023 - 14:39 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A British Muslim woman claims she was detained by police at Manchester Airport because her name is similar to Shamima Begum, the woman who left the country as a teenager to join Isis in Syria, according to reports.
Shamina Begum, 37, was returning from a holiday in Turkey with her partner when she was told to seek assistance at the e-gate machines. Ms Begum - who is 14 years older than Shamima Begum - alleged a Border Force staff member said her name seemed to be the problem, in that it was similar to 'someone of interest'.
She made her way through towards baggage reclaim, but claimed five officers then raced towards them and detained her under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000, advising that she shared the same name as someone 'wanted', reports The Independent.
The newspaper reported her bag and phone were seized and she claimed she was subject to three hours of questioning about the origins of her name, why she is a Muslim, her family history, details of her mortgage payments, and whether she 'thinks bombing is okay'.
Ms Begum, who was eventually released by the police with no further action, told The Independent that she felt “humiliated” and has since had to access medication from her GP as a result of the ordeal. Prior to going on holiday, the paper reported both her parents had died.
"I'm traumatised," she told The Independent. "At first I was confused. I've travelled to many destinations previously and never had this problem. After I was let go, I cried all the way from the airport to my house and I couldn’t face the outside world for about four weeks. In the immediate days after this happened, I'd wake up every day and wish I had not. I'm not a terrorist and didn't deserve to be treated that way. It was a
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