(BBC) Shamima Begum’s best friend, who she says inspired her to join IS, has been tracked down by the BBC having escaped from a detention camp in Syria.
Sharmeena Begum, no relation, dismissed her former friend, who wants to return to the UK, for “living off benefits” and mocked her as a non-believer.
The BBC also found Sharmeena was fundraising online for members of the IS terror group, which is illegal.
A top Syrian commander fears money like this is helping IS to regroup.
Posing as an Islamic State (IS) sympathiser, a journalist from the Shamima Begum Story podcast contacted Sharmeena online after she escaped from Syria’s Camp Hol prison for women who were with IS, and their children.
