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She was a 15 year old girl, groomed online and trafficked to Syria, by someone known to and potentially aided by, Canadian intelligence services. She was forced into a marriage (again she was 15 so could not give consent to this) and had 3 children (all of whom died as infants).
Yes she's done some awful things during her time with IS, but given her age at the time and the difference between her and, for example, "the beatles" group who were conducting beheadings, is huge.
She should be returned to the UK, face criminal justice for her crimes, sentenced accordingly and serve that sentence as what she is, a British citizen.
If she was white she would have been home years ago and they'd have serialised her daring feminist struggle to free herself from Islamist brainwashing.
Yup, Sam Elhassani was home ages ago and she went as a grown adult and there's more evidence in the public domain that she was active in the group.
15 is old enough to be aware of what's going on in the world.
Legally no it is not. Legally you cannot marry (Even with parental support). Cannot sign a contract. Cannot smoke or drink. And cannot consent to sex.
Seems pretty shitty for the legal system to assign all the responsibilities on a 15 year old because she should know what is going on. But zero rights because she is not old enough to make her own choices.
15 years isn't even old enough to buy cigarettes
I'm terribly sorry, I didn't know that being allowed to smoke and being able to gather knowledge and learn what's going on around someone go hand in hand.
If you believe that, to be consistent, you have to lower the voting age and age of consent to 15. Which I would support.