Doctor Aafia Sadiquee

 

 

Overview:

Aafia Siddiqui is a Pakistani citizen and U.S.-educated neuroscientist who allegedly belonged to an al-Qaeda cellular in Pakistan. She is currently serving an 86-year sentence in U.S. Federal jail for assaulting U.S. Federal marketers, personnel, and nationals at some stage in a 2008 interrogation in Afghanistan.* The Pakistani government has lobbied for her release while al-Qaeda and different extremist businesses have repeatedly demanded Siddiqui’s release in change for hostages.

Date of Birth:

March 2, 1972

Place of Birth:

Karachi, Pakistan

Place of Residence:

Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. (incarcerated)

Education:

Advanced degree

Citizenship

Pakistani

Arrested:

08/04/2008: tried murder of U.S. Nationals

Custody

U.S.

Born in Pakistan in 1972, Siddiqui moved to america in 1990 on a pupil visa. She attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and then Brandeis University, incomes a PhD in neuroscience.* Siddiqui’s radicalization started even as she changed into reading in Massachusetts, which coincided with the Bosnian civil battle. During her sophomore year, Siddiqui won a $5,000 grant for a studies undertaking on “Islamization in Pakistan and its Effects on Women.” She in brief returned to Pakistan to conduct research. In 1993, Siddiqui volunteered with the Muslim Students Association (MSA) to fundraise for the Al-Kifah Refugee Center, which become later found out to be a charitable the front for al-Qaeda with hyperlinks to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Al-Kifa’s messaging blamed the United States for the suffering of Bosnian Muslims. Siddiqui began to inspire different college students to travel abroad to take in fingers on behalf of Bosnian Muslims. She took capturing instructions at a nearby gun membership and advocated other MSA contributors to enroll in her. Other students recalled Siddiqui criticizing america and the FBI throughout a visit.

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Associated Groups:

Extremist entity

Al-Qaeda

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Type(s) of Organization:

Non-kingdom actor, religious, terrorist, transnational, violent

Ideologies and Affiliations:

Jihadist, pan-Islamist, Qutbist, Salafist, Sunni, takfiri

Position(s):

Terrorist facilitator (suspected)

Al-Qaeda’s September 11 attacks was the deadliest ever on American soil, killing almost 3,000 people. Since the autumn of the Taliban, al-Qaeda has established operations worldwide, together with in Syria, the Gulf, North Africa, West Africa, East Africa, and the Indian subcontinent.

History:

ARRIVES IN THE UNITED STATES ON A STUDENT VISA.

1990 — 2001

Attends MIT and Brandeis University, graduating in 2001 with a PhD in neuroscience.

Source: Declan Walsh, “The mystery of Dr Aafia Siddiqui,” Guardian (London), November 23, 2009, www.Theguardian.Com/global/2009….