Shamina Begum, 37, has complained to police
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.
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'. "Differences in skin colour aside, we should all be treated equally. The officers had no reason to stop me and couldn’t give me a proper reason for the stop. I didn’t even get an apology; I think I’m just a statistic to the police who they can say was stopped and screened. They stripped me of my humanity and I’m dreading going on holiday again despite my love of travelling.”
GMP declined to confirm the exact reason for the stop when approached by The Independent, saying it related to her “biodata” which can mean anything from a person’s name to their address. Begum is a common name in the Bangladeshi diaspora.
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