Ah, I see the media is up to its tricks regarding Georgetown doctoral student Badar Khan Suri, an Indian national.
Judge Patricia Giles of the Eastern District of Virginia ordered President Donald Trump’s administration to release Suri after two months of detention in Texas for allegedly violating his student visa.
Giles released Suri “without bond and imposed minimal conditions beyond requiring him to continue attending court proceedings.”
The media glosses over the root of the problem regarding Suri. They’ve done the bare minimum while burying the lede: DHS accused Suri of spreading Hamas propaganda and antisemitism on social media and has links to Hamas.
Suri is married to Mapheze Saleh, an American citizen, the daughter of Ahmed Yousef.
Yousef served as an advisor to Ismail Haniyeh…a top Hamas leader taken out by Israel in Tehran in July 2024. Also:
Ahmed Yousef was a senior Hamas figure in Gaza and an adviser to Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. He also founded the United Association for Studies and Research, which had ties to officials at Georgetown and its Alwaleed Center where his son-in-law, Suri, now works. The United Association for Studies and Research was a Hamas-affiliated think tank that operated in the United States from 1989 to 2004. According to the Investigative Project on Terrorism, it was established by Hamas leader Mousa Abu Marzook and served as a front for Hamas activities in the United States, including propaganda and fundraising.
In February, Anna Staley of the Middle East Forum, documented Suri’s praise and support of Hamas. Some posts even tried to legitimize Hamas’s brutality.
Suri denied the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. The post is deleted, but Staley said Suri wrote: “Three lies by Israeli occupation, no proof whatsoever of babies beheaded, rapes or mass killings at carnival.”
A few years ago, Suri showed support for Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin in a now-deleted post: “This is what Hamas argues. Sheikh Yaseen giving the reasons why his group is fighting for their land which was stolen.”
Then there was a video:
Perhaps most disturbingly, Suri posted a video showing Hamas terrorists holding Israeli child hostages and wrote, “This is how Hamas men dealt with kids on Oct. 7.” Rather than condemn the horrifying abduction of Israeli children, Suri appeared to defend and even praise how Hamas militants “dealt” with the children.
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