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In the Name of Honour: The Free Aafia Siddiqui Campaign in South Africa


Posted by safiyyah on 03 May 2012 / 0 Comments
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Earlier this year, South African Muslim media was abuzz with the story of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, an American-educated Pakistani cognitive neuroscientist who was convicted and sentenced to 86 years in prison for assault with intent to murder her U.S. interrogators in Afghanistan. The media campaign served to raise awareness about Siddiqui’s alleged abuse at the […]

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Portrait of The Grey Lady: Aafia Siddiqui’s Construction in the Media


Posted by ayaan on 23 Feb 2010 / 0 Comments
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Following a long trial, this month Aafia Siddiqui was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon and attempted murder of U.S. soldiers and FBI agents while being held in custody in Afghanistan in 2008. Known as “Lady al Qaeda,” she was identified in 2004 as the only woman among seven most wanted al Qaeda operatives. […]

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What About Aafia Siddiqui?


Posted by muslimahmediawatch on 11 Sep 2008 / 0 Comments
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Today, let’s briefly re-visit one “frontier” of America’s War of on Terror. About a month or so ago we in the West began to hear about Dr. Aafia Siddiqui (pictured right), an American-educated Pakistani doctor who disappeared from Karachi, Pakistan in 2003, who had all of sudden re-appeared. It is reported that on her way […]

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