They are not Turkey’s responsibility, and with Australia refusing to accept the family, that makes them ours.”
Why? When Suhayra Aden joined the Islamic State, she was joining an entity that considers itself to be at war with New Zealand. She willingly renounced her New Zealand citizenship to do so, for the Islamic State styled itself as the caliphate to which all Muslims owed allegiance, superseding all national ties. Why must the citizens of New Zealand be endangered as Ms. Ardern exercises what she believes to be her “responsibility” to Suhayra Aden? Does Ms. Ardern have any responsibility to protect the citizens of New Zealand?
“New Zealand to resettle suspected Islamic State militant and her children after Australia revoked citizenship,” by Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, July 26, 2021 (thanks to Darcy):
SYDNEY — New Zealand, bowing to pressure, has agreed to repatriate a suspected member of the Islamic State terrorist group who grew up in Australia and was detained by Turkish authorities in February as she attempted to cross the border from Syria illegally with her two young children.
The woman, identified in local media as Suhayra Aden, was one of a number of women who traveled from Australia to allegedly join the terrorist group and marry fighters, as “jihadi brides,” around seven years ago.
Aden’s family moved to Australia from New Zealand when she was 6, making her a dual citizen, and she departed for Syria in 2014 on an Australian passport, according to officials. But Australia revoked her citizenship and canceled her passport, which sparked a diplomatic row and left New Zealand to deal with her predicament.
“New Zealand has not taken this step lightly,” Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Monday. “They are not Turkey’s responsibility, and with Australia refusing to accept the family, that makes them ours.”
The prime minister said “great care” is being taken to minimize the security risks in returning the woman and her young children to New Zealand.
Authorities haven’t yet said whether Aden will be charged with any offenses in New Zealand. “It has previously been made clear that any New Zealander who might be suspected of association with a terrorist group should expect to be investigated under New Zealand law,” Ardern said, adding that was a matter for police.
While the Turkish government labeled her a terrorist as a member of the Islamic State, it remains unclear whether Aden participated in fighting or acts of terrorism.
The decision follows months of political wrangling over the issue. At the time of the woman’s arrest, Ardern said Australia had “abdicated its responsibilities” toward the then-26-year-old woman. Although she was a dual citizen of New Zealand, Ardern noted that Australia was where her wider family lived and the place from which she departed for Syria. Yet Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison contended in February that it was his job to “put Australia’s national security interests first.”…
Jim says
Well, let us hope she does not aid or abet the Jihadis in the future. Hopefully she will not be a political activist like Ilhan Omar. Somehow, being a Jihadi has become a victimless crime. So much sympathy is seemingly felt for criminals and terrorists. They practically have a pass for what they do.
Rob says
I hope our (NZ) security services will investigate any persecution of Yazidis by this Aden creature. That’s the soft crime of Isis that females readily participated in – even facilitating the rape of Yazidi girls by their Jihadi husbands.
gravenimage says
Not exactly a “soft” crime…
Infidel says
I’m beginning to think that NZ would have been better had it never been discovered by the Brits and had the Maoris still been running it. Muslims would never have discovered it, or if they did, the Maoris would, left to their own devices and devoid of any British indoctrination, kept them out. It’s sad to see islam finding beachholds in the Pacific, where it historically never existed
gravenimage says
“What is Islam’s appeal to Māori?”
https://www.newsroom.co.nz/ideasroom/what-is-islams-appeal-to-maori
Infidel says
This is abysmal: Maoris even considering accepting islamic culture over their own! Well, there goes their beautiful country!
gravenimage says
I know, Infidel–this is very sad. Not all Māoris think like this, though.
Infidel says
Yeah, but is it a majority of Maoris?
Keith O says
Should have left her to rot in Turkey.
tim gallagher says
I’m pleased that Australia would not take this evil piece of crap back. It would have been because she had dual citizenship and therefore Australia was able to say, piss off to the other country you have citizenship with, because we definitely don’t want you back here. I suspect the main difference in this case is that Australia has a Liberal Government at the moment (if Labor were in power in Australia those fools would have taken her back) and Ardern’s government in New Zealand are a left wing bunch of fools, and Ardern seems to be a completely left wing clown on all issues. I don’t believe that any country should take these ISIS creatures back, so, from an Australian point of view, and on this issue I’m sure that I would have most Australians agreeing with me, good riddance to this piece of evil crap.
Hank says
Did anyone bother to ask the Maori people of New Zealand if they wanted Islamic people into their country which without question ends in Islamization? Softy Ardern should stop playing the fool and follow Australia. People who follow Islamic doctrine are pathogenic to any non-Muslim society. Hopefully, NZ votes for someone who wants to protect the country and its citizens next time before its too late.
Apathy Rules the World says
I hope the Australian authorities are vigilant and do not let this filth enter Australia from New Zealand. Australia and New Zealand have visa free access to each others countries if you are a citizen.
tim gallagher says
That’s a good point, Apathy Rules the World. I hope she doesn’t end up slipping back into Australia again after a few years have passed by and she is right out of the news and nobody is taking any notice of what she is up to.
mortimer says
If their country of origin is SYRIA, then BACK to Syria they go. They broke their contract with New Zealand.
mortimer says
When Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison contended that it was his job to “put Australia’s national security interests first”, he showed an example for all Western governments.
gravenimage says
Yes–good for him.
gravenimage says
New Zealand to resettle suspected Islamic State jihadi and her children after Australia revoked citizenship
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How is this Jihadist New Zealand’s responsibility? And why should New Zealanders be threatened by having her in their midst?
Vicky says
Even the Taliban won’t want her.
OTTER says
Gravenimage:
please note the white female nut job running NZ.
A white female.
The death of the West.
Infidel says
OTTER
Females of other races are just as bad, if not worse. Look at our squad here in the US. Look at Mumtaz Banerjee in India
OTTER says
Absolutely true. How women get conned by Islam is beyond me. Too many of them except those rare fighters.
Giacomo Latta says
“They are not Turkey’s responsibility, and with Australia refusing to accept the family, that makes them ours.”
Actually, she is her own responsibility first and foremost. After that, considering the choices she made of her own free will, she belongs to the Iraqi-Syrian desert.
ruislamicky? says
They both do. They’re almost dressed alike.