Leaving Isis: Is redemption possible?

离开伊西斯:救赎是否可能?

The Documentary Podcast

2026-03-06

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In 2014, Tareena Shakil, then 24, made a decision that would change her life forever. She secretly left the UK, telling her family she was on holiday, and travelled with her young son to Syria to join the Islamic State group. Within months she found herself in the heart of the extremist stronghold and later fled to Turkey before returning to the UK, where she was arrested and became one of the first British women to be convicted for membership of Isis and encouraging terrorism. Shakil was sentenced to six years in prison but was released after serving half her term. In the years since, she has publicly expressed regret for her actions, accepted responsibility for lying about her journey when first questioned by police, and described her experience as a time when she “lost her way”. Rajeev Gupta meets Tareena in Birmingham as she reflects on a path that took her from belief to extremism. This episode of The Documentary, comes to you from Heart and Soul, exploring personal approaches to spirituality from around the world.
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  • The bombs were starting to become more frequent.

  • They never missed the target.

  • I prayed.

  • Oh, will Allah please give me a second chance of life?

  • I remember thinking to myself one day in Syria, I should have had this thought beforehand, really.

  • Children look to their parents to protect them, don't they?

  • And to keep them out of harm's way.

  • And I remember thinking, you are responsible for the safety of this child,

  • but you've brought him here.

  • I'm living in the middle of ISIS, I'm scared right now.

  • Heaven forbid he dies or you both die.

  • Any time now, if I stay, that will happen.

  • Tarina Shaqil took her baby son and travelled to Syria,

  • convinced she was answering her call of faith.