A Bangladeshi family of 12 from England, who went missing on the way back from a holiday in Dhaka, have confirmed in a statement that they are in the ‘Islamic State’.
The statement from the Mannan family, obtained by The Times , came with accompanying photographs showing Muhammed Abdul Mannan, the head of the family, smiling and pointing to the sky and his wife in a niqab . “We release this statement to confirm that indeed we are in the Islamic State. A land that is free from the corruption and oppression of man-made law and is governed by the shariah , the perfect and just laws of Allah,” the statement reads.
The statement claims that Mannan (75) and his wife, Minera Khatun (53) led their young adult children and grandchildren to Syria.
The news came as it emerged that two of three British schoolgirls who had fled to Syria earlier this year have been married off to IS men chosen for them.
Shamima Begum (15), Kadiza Sultana (16) and Amira Abase (15) fled via Turkey in February and were allowed to contact their families to inform them of the their “marriage”.
