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Early release of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui sought

 
LONDON, (APP) A new investigation by a British journalist Yvonne Ridley has revealed that incarcerated Pakistani scholar Dr. Aafia Siddiqui had remained in Bagram Jail in Afghanistan and held by US authorities during the five years of her disappearance.
Ridley gave the new information at a news conference on Tuesday in the company of Lord Nazir [...]

[ More ] March 31st, 2009 | 1 Comment | Posted in News |

Moazzam Begg in Conversation with Binyam Mohamed

 

 
In the wake of the September 11 attacks and the subsequent US-led ‘War on Terror’, hundreds of Muslim men were handed over by various countries to US intelligence. One of these men was Binyam Mohamed, a British resident of Ethiopian origin, who had gone toAfghanistan and Pakistan to rediscover his faith in Islam and to find a way [...]

[ More ] March 28th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Missing persons |

Terror Suspect Faked Mental Illness, Prosecutors Say

 
A federal prosecutor in Manhattan said Thursday that two government psychiatrists had concluded that a Pakistani neuroscientist charged with trying to kill American soldiers and F.B.I. agents in Afghanistan had been faking her symptoms of mental illness.
An earlier court-ordered psychological evaluation had concluded that the neuroscientist, Aafia Siddiqui, 37, was unfit for trial as a result of a [...]

[ More ] March 27th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in News |

US prosecutors allege Aafia faked mental illness

NEW YORK – A US prosecutor said Thursday that two government psychiatrists had concluded that Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist charged with trying to kill American soldiers and F.B.I. agents in Afghanistan, had been faking her symptoms of mental illness.
An earlier court-ordered psychological evaluation had concluded that Ms. Siddiqui, 37, was unfit for trial as [...]

[ More ] March 27th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in News |

SHC issues final notice to government in Dr Aafia case

KARACHI – Sindh High Court (SHC) has asked the government to submit comments in the case of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui and her children.
The court on Tuesday gave last chance to the government to submit comments over the petitions pertaining to repatriation of Dr Aafia Siddiqui and her two children from the custody of US authorities, [...]

[ More ] March 25th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in News |

The Aafia Siddiqui I Saw – Abu Sabaya

“I want you to come to know of the concern and dedication that this simple woman had for Islam [...]

[ More ] March 25th, 2009 | 1 Comment | Posted in Articles |

State asked to file comments in Dr Aafia petitions

KARACHI: A Sindh High Court (SHC) division bench asked the federal government to file or otherwise comment on the constitution petitions pertaining to the repatriation of Dr Aafia Siddiqui and her two children from the custody of US authorities back to Pakistan.
The bench, comprising Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali and Justice Muhammad Karim Khan Agha, [...]

[ More ] March 25th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in News |

Dr. Aafia Siddiqui Husband’s Interview By Rabiah Baig

Dr. Aafia Siddiqui Husband’s Interview By Rabiah Baig

[ More ] March 25th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Videos |

Captive-Bonding: the Philosophy of Ayn Rand

My cell phone rang at 2:31 am. It was a dear friend who had just finished reading my post about Ayn Rand (sent only a few minutes earlier). He couldn’t wait till morning to ask, “In which book did Ayn Rand preach rape?”
By 10:00 am, I had received more feedback than I have about any [...]

[ More ] March 20th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in News |

Thinker who preached rape

The most notable 20th Century thinker who maintained that raping a woman was the “moral” prerogative of a strong male was – well, not someone from a third-world country but – Ayn Rand, who claimed to represent the true ideology of the founding fathers of the United States (!).
Out of my respect for heroes like [...]

[ More ] March 19th, 2009 | 1 Comment | Posted in News |