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</table>Menjhttps://knowislam.wiki/topic/?title=Badar_Khan_Suri&diff=1491&oldid=prevMenj at 09:10, 10 May 20252025-05-10T09:10:16Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On March 17, 2025, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Suri was arrested at his home in Arlington, Virginia, by </del>masked agents from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">who informed </del>him that his student visa had been revoked. DHS alleged that Suri was "actively spreading Hamas propaganda and promoting antisemitism on social media" and cited his "close connections to a known or suspected terrorist, who is a senior advisor to Hamas."<ref name="Politico" /></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On March 17, 2025, masked agents from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">arrested Suri at his residence in Arlington, Virginia</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">informing </ins>him that his student visa had been revoked<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. Despite being detained, Suri was not charged with any crime and has no criminal record</ins>. DHS alleged that Suri was "actively spreading Hamas propaganda and promoting antisemitism on social media" and cited his "close connections to a known or suspected terrorist, who is a senior advisor to Hamas."<ref name="Politico" /></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Suri's legal team <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">challenged </del>his detention, arguing that it violated his due process rights and was <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">based on </del>his and his <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">wife's support </del>for Palestinian rights. His wife, Mapheze Saleh, is a U.S. citizen of Palestinian heritage and a graduate student at Georgetown University.<ref name="Politico" /> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">On March 20</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">2025</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">U.S. District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles issued an order preventing Suri's deportation until further </del>court <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">rulings</del>.<ref>[https://<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">abcnews</del>.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">go</del>.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">com</del>/<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">US</del>/georgetown-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">fellow</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">detained</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">alleged</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">hamas</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ties</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">targeted</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">wifes/story?id=119983535 </del>"<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Judge blocks deportation </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Georgetown fellow detained by immigration authorities</del>"], ''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ABC News</del>'', <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">March 20</del>, 2025.</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Suri's legal team <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">contested </ins>his detention, arguing that it violated his due process rights and was <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">motivated by </ins>his and his <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">wife’s advocacy </ins>for Palestinian rights. His wife, Mapheze Saleh, is a U.S. citizen of Palestinian heritage and a graduate student at Georgetown University. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">A 2018 article in the ''Hindustan Times'' reported that her father served as a "senior political adviser to the Hamas leadership."</ins><ref name="Politico" /></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Suri was born and raised in Delhi, India. He completed his Ph.D. in Peace and Conflict Studies in 2020 at the Nelson Mandela Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. His doctoral thesis, titled <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"</del>Transitional Democracy, Divided Societies and Prospects for Peace: A Study of State Building in Afghanistan and Iraq,<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">" </del>examined the challenges of introducing democracy in ethnically diverse societies and the complexities of state-building efforts.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Suri was born and raised in Delhi, India. He completed his Ph.D. in Peace and Conflict Studies in 2020 at the Nelson Mandela Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><ref>[https://indianexpress.com/article/world/who-badar-khan-suri-indian-scholar-us-detained-hamas-ties-9896191/ "Who is Badar Khan Suri, Indian scholar in US detained over 'Hamas ties'?"], ''The Indian Express'', March 20, 2025.</ref> </ins>His doctoral thesis, titled <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</ins>Transitional Democracy, Divided Societies and Prospects for Peace: A Study of State Building in Afghanistan and Iraq<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</ins>, examined the challenges of introducing democracy in ethnically diverse societies and the complexities of state-building efforts.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><ref>[https://acmcu.georgetown.edu/profile/badar-khan-suri/ "Badar Khan Suri – ACMCU"], ''Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding'', Georgetown University. Accessed March 25, 2025.</ref></ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Georgetown University expressed support for Suri, stating they were unaware of any illegal activity on his part and emphasizing their commitment to free and open inquiry. Dean Joel Hellman of the School of Foreign Service voiced concern over the chilling effect such events could have on freedom of expression within the academic community.<ref>[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"Dean's Statement on Detention of Dr. Badar Suri" </del>https://sfs.georgetown.edu/news-deans-statement-on-detention-of-dr-badar-suri/], ''Georgetown University School of Foreign Service'', March 20, 2025. Accessed March 20, 2025.</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Georgetown University expressed support for Suri, stating they were unaware of any illegal activity on his part and emphasizing their commitment to free and open inquiry. Dean Joel Hellman of the School of Foreign Service voiced concern over the chilling effect such events could have on freedom of expression within the academic community.<ref>[https://sfs.georgetown.edu/news-deans-statement-on-detention-of-dr-badar-suri/ <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"Dean's Statement on Detention of Dr. Badar Suri"</ins>], ''Georgetown University School of Foreign Service'', March 20, 2025. Accessed March 20, 2025.</ref></div></td></tr>
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