Shamima Begum named her baby Jerah, which mean 'one who wounds' (Image: SKY NEWS)
The teenager gave birth to her third child with convicted terrorist Yago Riedijk last weekend and said she had given the infant the same name as her first son who died of malnutrition. The 19-year-old said her Dutch spouse, whom she has not seen in weeks, wanted their second boy to also bear the name Jerah - an Arabic moniker which a British historian has interpreted to be a nod to Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah. When asked about the baby, Ms Begum told Sky News: “It’s a boy. I named him after my old son - that’s what my husband wanted.”
Ms Begum, right, pictured with another woman holding her newborn son, is living in al-Hawl camp (Image: SKY NEWS)
Historian Tom Holland tweeted: “Honestly, she has the moral awareness of a brick."
He added: "If she’d wanted to signal that she was returning to Britain in peace, she might have considered naming her baby after someone other than Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah, a general form the early days of the Arab conquests chiefly famed for beating the c**p out of infidels.”
Al-Jarrah, who was one of the companions of the Prophet Muhammad, was known for killing Jews.
The name Jerah is translated as “able fighter” or literally “one who wounds”.
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