As hundreds of concerned citizens hold a Day of Remembrance in Pakistan to commemorate the seventh anniversary of her disappearance, the Justice for Aafia Coalition reveal for the first time, in the English language, specific harrowing details of the abuse Aafia Siddiqui was forced to endure in the years spent in secret detention.
During the course of an interview by Kamran Shahid on Pakistan’s Front Line, screened 26th March, Siddiqui’s mother and sister described publicly for the first time the various forms of torture she underwent at the hands of US agents. This included being:
forcefully stripped by six men and then repeatedly sexually abused
beaten with rifle butts until she bled
bound to a bed, with her hands and feet tied whilst unspecified forms of torture were administered to the soles of her feet and head
injected with unknown substances
dragged by her hair
having her hairs pulled out one by one
forced to walk on the Qu’ran which had been desecrated in her cell whilst naked
Maryam Hassan, founder of the Justice for Aafia Coalition (JFAC), commented:
“These most recent horrific revelations shine a light for the first time on years of detention shrouded until now in darkness and mystery. Forced nudity, violent sexual abuse, the desecration of the Qu’ran, video-taped torture sessions have become infamous hallmarks of US detention since the start of the War on Terror, from Bagram to Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo.
The Obama administration must immediately disclose any video evidence in its possession relating to Ms Siddiqui’s detention and torture. The American public has a right to know what is being carried out in its name as much as the Pakistani public are deserving of knowing the horrendous abuse one of their citizens has been subjected to. “
1. The Justice for Aafia Coalition is an umbrella body for a number of organizations, groups, and activists created in February 2010 to campaign for the release and return of Aafia Siddiqui and for the opening of a full investigation into the circumstances of her detention and the whereabouts of her children.
2. Aafia Siddiqui’s lawyers maintain that she was abducted by the Pakistani and US agents along with her three children in 2003 and rendered to Afghanistan where she was detained by American forces for over five years. Siddiqui claims she was abused, raped and tortured throughout her detention. She was convicted in February 2010 of allegedly firing on US soldiers while in custody in what appears to have been a grave miscarriage of justice. Whilst her son Ahmed was released in September 2008 from Afghan custody, two of her children remain unaccounted for to date. For full details of Aafia Siddiqui’s case, please visit www.justiceforaafia.org
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May Allah ease her pain, free from the clutches of these torturing rapist criminals and give her Justice. May He humiliate, expose and punish the criminals severely and soon, ameen!
Someone said to the Prophet, "Pray to God against the idolaters and curse them." The Prophet replied, "I have been sent to show mercy and have not been sent to curse." (Muslim)
Re: Aafia Siddiqui Forced to Walk Naked Over the Qur’an
format_quote Originally Posted by islamirama
May Allah ease her pain, free from the clutches of these torturing rapist criminals and give her Justice. May He humiliate, expose and punish the criminals severely and soon, ameen!
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format_quote Originally Posted by ardianto
Ameen, Ya Robal Al-Ameen.
May Allah destroy the enemies of Islam.
Ameen, May they all burn in hell
He it is Who sends blessings on you, as do His angels, that He may bring you out from the depths of Darkness into Light: and He is Full of Mercy to the Believers. [Quran {33:43}] www.QuranicAudio.com www.Quran.com
Re: Aafia Siddiqui Forced to Walk Naked Over the Qur’an
format_quote Originally Posted by Joe98
There is nothing to condemn because it never happened.
It is possible she was raped by Pakistanis (muslim men) and then blamed it on the Americans.
Ho hum!
Nothing abnormal here move along now.
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I might as well just say the holocaust never happened or the american filth in Abu Ghraib never happened, you lot can keep denying but we know the truth always prevails
He it is Who sends blessings on you, as do His angels, that He may bring you out from the depths of Darkness into Light: and He is Full of Mercy to the Believers. [Quran {33:43}] www.QuranicAudio.com www.Quran.com
Someone said to the Prophet, "Pray to God against the idolaters and curse them." The Prophet replied, "I have been sent to show mercy and have not been sent to curse." (Muslim)
Re: Aafia Siddiqui Forced to Walk Naked Over the Qur’an
There is nothing to condemn because it never happened
Same old response
I might as well say Sept 11 didnt happen either
It is possible she was raped by Pakistanis (muslim men) and then blamed it on the Americans.
Tosh with no evidence to support it
Ho hum!
Nothing abnormal here move along now.
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Judging by the standards of your society where pornography, homosexuality, lust, drugs, alcohol bikinis , immoral TV and media, violence, gangs, thugs is common , these kind of evil things are perfectly normal to you
When truth is hurled at falsehood , falsehood perishes. because falsehood by its nature is bound to perish [21:18- Holy quran]
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