Aafia Siddiqui, Rana Ayyub and ‘Hindutva’: Muslim physique CAIR had rallied for launch of ‘Lady Al Qaeda’ two months again

On January 15 (native time), 4 folks, together with a rabbi, have been held hostage at a synagogue in Texas, US. The hostage-taker demanded the discharge of the notorious ‘lady al-Qaeda’ Aafia Siddiqui, who’s at the moment lodged in a US jail simply 15 miles from the synagogue the place the incident occurred. The hostage-taker was later neutralized, and the hostages have been freed.
Notably, precisely two months previous to the incident, CAIR International (Council on American-Islamic Relations) had sought the discharge of Siddiqui and held occasions and rallies in her help.
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CAIR identifies itself as Muslim civil rights organisation within the United States which claims to be defending ‘civil rights, enhance understanding of Islam, promote justice, and empower American Muslims.’
On November 15, the Texas chapter of CAIR and its coalition companions organized a program to hunt the discharge of Aafia Siddiqui. In a Facebook put up, they wrote, “Today, our Texas chapter and coalition partners held a press conference at our DC headquarters calling for the release of Dr Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist and mother of 3 currently being unjustly held in a Texas prison.”
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The group’s Texas chapter has been extensively voicing its help for the convicted terrorist for an extended. Every month, CAIR Texas DFW set up a number of on-line and offline campaigns to indicate help for Siddiqui and in addition increase funds for her authorized battle towards the conviction. Notably, CAIR has offered its Washington DC workplace for this system searching for the discharge of Siddiqui on November 15. The workplace is inside strolling distance of the Congress.
In a put up, CAIR Texas DFW wrote, “We’ll be meeting with Congressional offices to educate them about Dr Aafia and call for her release. Special thanks to CAIR for being a pillar and letting utilize the office, which is walking distance from Congress, as our primary staging and organizing area.”
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CAIR’s Hinduphobia nature and love for Rana Ayyub
Another noteworthy facet of CAIR is its Hinduphobic nature. Just two days after demanding the discharge of Aafia in November, CAIR launched Hinduphobic propaganda based mostly on a report by alleged journalist Rana Ayyub. In a press launch, CAIR demanded the film theatres to not launch Sooryavanshi, a Hindi film. In the press launch, CAIR alleged the film spreads “disgusting and dangerous” anti-Muslim propaganda impressed by the fascist Hindutva motion.”
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Notably, when Rohit Shetty, producer of the film, was requested an identical query of the film being ‘Islamophobic’, Shetty had denied the reviews. He stated, “Jaikant Shikre (in Singham) was a Hindu Marathi. Then a second film came where a Hindu godman was there. Then in Simba, Durva Ranade was a Maharashtrian again. In these three, negative forces were Hindu, why isn’t that a problem?” He additional added, “If there is a terrorist who is from Pakistan, what caste will he be?”
CAIR had quoted Rana Ayyub from her Washington Post report through which she had stated, “The film makes a point of repeating attacks carried out by Muslims, ignoring the numerous episodes of violence carried out by Hindu radicals.” Ayyub has an extended historical past of propagating anti-Hindu narratives utilizing her credentials. Her guide on Gujarat Riots was termed as irrelevant by the Supreme Court through the listening to. The court docket had stated in 2019, “The Book by Rana Ayyub is of no utility. It is based upon surmises, conjectures, and suppositions and has no evidentiary value”.
CAIR additionally prolonged help for the extraordinarily Hinduphobic ‘Dismantling Global Hindutva‘ convention.
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Who is Aafia Siddiqui
Aafia Siddiqui is a 49-years-old terrorist of Pakistan origin. She is at the moment serving an 86-year jail sentence for attacking US Army and FBI personnel in Afghanistan. In 2008, she was detained by Afghan authorities. According to the Department of Justice, they’d discovered a lot of gadgets in her possession, together with handwritten notes that talked about a mass-casualty assault. There was an inventory of varied places akin to Plum Island, the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, Wall Street, and the Brooklyn Bridge within the US, together with within the gadgets.
According to DoJ, she was being held in an unsecured method when she grabbed a rifle from US Army personnel and fired it on the officers interviewing her. An FBI agent and a US Army officer have been injured. She was convicted in 2010 and at the moment serving an 86-year jail sentence. Her supporters from Pakistan consider she is harmless and a sufferer of the American warfare on terror.
Apart from CAIR, the Taliban and Islamic State had sought her launch in alternate for American and European hostages. One of the notable commerce affords was of journalist James Foley who was captured in Syria and later beheaded in August 2014. In July 2014, ISIS supplied the discharge of Kayla Mueller, a 22-year-old lady who was kidnapped in Syria, in alternate for Siddiqui.
Siddiqui did her commencement and PhD from the US in behavioural neuroscience. Reports recommend she labored as a courier for Khalid Sheikh Muhammad, who was the primary accused of the 9/11 assaults. After 9/11, Siddiqui had returned to Pakistan together with her first husband and kids. When she tried to assist Taliban terrorists close to the Pakistan-Afghan border, her husband disapproved, resulting in their divorce in 2002.
Pakistan has additionally come ahead in her help. In September 2021, Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi, particular Aide to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Interreligious Harmony and the Middle East, had sought early launch of Siddiqui on the pretext of an alleged assault on her in jail. Pakistan’s ambassador to the US, Masood Khan, additionally had prolonged help for Siddiqui.