Gavin Mortimer Gavin Mortimer

Should we listen to Shamima Begum’s verdict on the hijab?

(Credit: ITV)

What should one make of Shamima Begum’s appearance on Good Morning Britain? The London schoolgirl left the UK in 2015 to join Isis in Syria, but it appears she’s converted to common sense in recent times. Dressed in a sleeveless top and a baseball cap, Begum made a number of frank admissions, including how she ‘felt very constricted in the hijab.

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