Doctor Aafia Siddiqui was born on 2nd March in 1972 in Karachi, Pakistan who has completed her education from United States of America. She is a Neuroscientist by profession as her father; Muhammad Salay Siddiqui was also a Neuroscientist who is now deceased. She is also known as “Gray Lady of Baghram” and “Prisoner 650”. Doctor Aafia Siddiqui’s mother was member of Pakistan’s Parliament and was a prominent icon in Pakistan politics. She has three siblings and Doctor Aafia Siddiqui is the youngest one than all.
Doctor Aafia Siddiqui stayed in USA for completing her education and settled in Massachusetts and done her PHD in Neuroscience in 2001 from the Brandeis University. She is very humble and calm in nature that always loves to help others and was working with many social and Islamic institutes for charity purpose. She got married in 1995 with Amjab Muhammad Khan, an anesthesiologist by profession. Her wedding was completely arranged and the marriage obligation was done through telephone. Her first son born in 1996 and a daughter in 1998, both of her children are American by nationality.
In 2001, Doctor Aafia Siddiqui, along with her family went to Malden, Messachusetts. Doctor Aafia Siddiqui and her husband were blamed that they have purchased Body Armor, Night Vision Equipment and some Military Manuals which were of $10000. After completion of her education, she returned to Pakistan in June of 2002. In the month of August of 2002, Doctor Aafia Siddiqui’s husband announced at her parent’s house that he want to get divorce from her for being involving in the violent activities and in Jihad. Their divorce happened in 2002 in the month of October. She returned again to USA in December 2002 and came back in January 2003.
In February of 2003, Doctor Aafia Siddiqui got married to an Al-Qaeda member, Ammar Al-Baloch. In 2003 when she was working in Aga Khan University, a member of Al-Qaeda, Khalid Sheikh Muhammad, arrested by the CIA and after the investigations, on March 2003, FBI issued Wanted Alerts for Doctor Aafia Siddiqui and her Ex-husband. She was blamed of being a courier of Blood Diamonds and a financial fixer for the Al-Qaeda. On 30th March 2003, she left her parents house to visit his uncle but she vanished from there along with her three children.
On 1st April of 2003, Pakistan Interior Ministry also confirmed her involvement in Al-Qaeda and will remain in custody for being a terrorist. According to an investigation of UN Investigators for the 9/11 Commission in 2004, Siddiqui, using the alias Fahrem, was one of the six alleged Al-Qaeda members. From 2003 to 2004, the government of Pakistan was saying that they don’t know any thing about her that where she is. Meanwhile, in May of 2004, USA listed her name among the seven Most Wanted people of Al-Qaeda. Mother and sister of Doctor Aafia Siddiqui refused to accept that Aafia has any connection with this gang.
She was then caught by the USA force from Ghazni province of Afghanistan in 2008. She was wearing Burqa (Veil) at that time and was with a young boy hanging bag on her side. When police checked her bag they found documents in that on which creation of some weapons were mentioned and some of the areas of USA were highlighted for the attack. She is now in imprisonment in Forth Worth, Texas.
IS SHE REALLY A TERRORIST?
excusme she is not a terrorist ,n if u waana confirm that ….u should read afias life ..a weak lady how can be a terrorist ..jst think with ur sense n 4 ur kind information she is also haafize quran n america jsa want to eliminate the telant of pakistan as they did with affia ..she is string muslim lady while facing a lot of brutalities by american army she is determaind on emman … she is brave lady and i am proud oe her
I have a few corrections to make to your column.
1. Dr. Aafia is not a neuroscientist. Her area of study was how children with learning disabilities cope with education. She is a single mother with a Ph.D. She earned this degree while she was also a full time mother and wife.
2. Her father was a physician, not a neuroscientist.
3. Her mother was not a member of Pakistan’s parliament, nor was she a prominent icon in Pakistani politics. She was well known as a social worker.
4. Dr. Aafia has two siblings, her older sister Dr. Fowzia, and their older brother.
5. Dr. Aafia’s husband Muhammad Amjad Khan, purchased the night vision gear and the body armor. In the United States this is completely legal. His account of this purchase has changed over the years.
6. Dr. Aafia and her family left the United States in 2003 because of threats to their children after the September 11th attacks on New York City and the Pentagon.
7. Without getting into details, Dr. Aafia’s divorce was caused by completely domestic issues, which included her husband taking a second wife.
8. She did not marry anyone after divorcing her husband. She would not have remarried without consulting with and getting approval from her mother, and her mother would have told me about it.
9. She was not employed by the Aga Khan University.
10. The accusation that she was transporting Blood Diamonds in Africa has been disproven. She was in Boston. Can’t be in two places at once.
11. She was not a financial fixer for al-Qaeda. She raised money for legitimate Islamic causes and charities, especially in the wreckage of what used to be Yugoslavia. After the September 11th attacks anyone raising money for any Islamic cause was suspected of financially supporting terrorists.
12. The Pakistani government announced that it had arrested Dr. Aafia and turned her over to American agents. Within hours the United States announced that they did not have her, and shortly after that the Pakistani government said that their earlier claim had been a mistake. The official Pakistani government position since 2003 is that they have no idea where she was.
13. In 2006 reports by former prisoners that there was a woman being held at Bagram in Afghanistan began to circulate. Several of these men identified her as Dr. Aafia.
14. She was arrested in Ghazni by Afghani policemen. The next day a group of American soldiers and FBI agents came looking for her. They tore up the police station looking for her, and shot her when they found her.
15. For an American to confuse a burka for a veil is one thing. You should know better.
And no, Crystal Doll, she is not a terrorist.
hi andrew purcell ….who are u ? u have very authentic information about afia ..can u give me ur contact num plzzzzzzz
Sorry to break it too you, but Dr. Aafia (through her lawyers) has admitted to the attempted shooting.
This is a fact you conveniently left out.
well done
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Mr. Andrew Purcell thanks for your addition and corrections.
She was neuroscientist!
Can you prove it that Pakistani Government announced about arrest of Dr. Aafia in 2003 and America denied it? And again Pakistani Government accepted that it is by mistake?
She was absolutely not a Terrorist. Actually if American people tries to secure their country, it will be called “Defence” but when other countries tried to do the same, it will be called “Terrorist”.
Break aafia out now by force. Locate and rescue her son suleyman who is now nine or yen now. Kill all those in the most brutal manner in history who participated in her ordeal even remotely. Do the same for all is humanities entrapped and oppressed. Obliterate poverty and spread justice the way injustice is spread. Re-establish the global khilafah and rule by shariah. Wage jihad against the disbelievers until the are subdued. There is none worthy of worhip except Allah and Muhammad is the messenger is Allah. Peace be upon him.
plzz tell
me that docter aafia is alive???