Now BBC in dock for its sympathetic portrayal of a ‘Jihadi Bride.’

The BBC has been in the news of late. It faced a severe backlash when it aired a documentary about Prime Minister Narendra Modi

New Delhi, Feb 11: The BBC is back in the news and this time it is over the backlash it is facing for its sympathetic documentary titled 'Jihadi Bride.'

Shamima Begum, living in the United Kingdom took a decision to join the Islamic State in 2015. She caught all the attention at that time as she was just 15-years old when she took the decision to join the terror group. However she fought to return home as she was disillusioned with the outfit and felt that it is nothing like what has been pictured.

Shamima is back in the news once again after the BBC's, 'The Shamima Begum Story.'

The BBC's 90-minute documentary on Shamima Begum came after the channel's 10-part podcast, 'I'm Not a Monster,' which retraces her journey, The Daily Mail reported.

Viewers in the UK are fuming over the sympathetic depiction of Shamima who has been remorseless about her joining the Islamic State.

The BBC was recently criticised heavily for its documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Godhra riots.

Disgraceful decision by the BBC to give Shamima Begum a platform. Absolutely indefensible. Who on earth at the BBC makes these decisions? Time to #ScrapTheLicenceFee https://t.co/Ene6SZ8Cd0

— Scott Benton MP 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🍊 (@ScottBentonMP) February 7, 2023

Now the people in UK are threatening not to renew their BBC subscriptions.

"What is happening with the BBC? Are you kidding me? Won't ever pay my TV licence again... She's a terrorist with no remorse, she doesn't deserve to have her story heard like she is a victim," one user said on Twitter.

The BBC said that it would provide Begum;s telling of 'what really happened' when she became a Jihadi bride. The channel described the podcast as a 'robust public interest investigation,' by a journalist who had been speaking with Begum for over a year.

What Shamima Begum said.

Shamima, who now lives in the Al-Roj camp in northern Syria told BBC that being stuck in a camp is worse than being in prison. At least in the case of prison sentences, you know there will be an end. But in the case of camps, you do not know there is going to be an end, she said.

"I don't think it is actually towards me. I think is towards the Islamic State," she said when asked about the public anger towards her.

"When they think of ISIS they think of me because I've been put on the media so much, but what was there to obsess over? We went to the Islamic State, that was it. It was over, it was over and done with," she also said.

What has angered the viewers is Begum showed no remorse and used sentences like, 'over and done with.'

Who is Shamima Begum:

Shamima Begum is a former citizen of the UK who had left the country to join the Islamic State in 2015 at the age of 15. She married an Islamic State fighter and lived in Syria for several years, before she was discovered by journalists in a refugee camp at Syria in 2019. The British government revoked her citizenship, which led to a legal and public controversy over her status and the fate of her newborn son.

After the fall of the Islamic State many of its foreign members, including Shamima were arrested or detained in refugee camps.