The course of global world processes involves people in this cycle of fate and dramatically changes them. From a prosperous and successful figure, you can turn into an outcast and receive a long prison sentence.
This is exactly the fate that awaited Aafia Siddiqui.
Life path
She was born in 1972 in Pakistan in a family where her mother worked as a teacher and her father was a neurosurgeon. By the standards of any country, the parents were highly educated people. The girl grew up in an atmosphere of worship of enlightenment, but everyone professed Islam and adhered to all the traditions of the religion.
At the age of 18, the girl went to the USA, where she received an education at one of the most elite universities — the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, acquiring a bachelor’s degree in biology. She also excelled in philosophy and was awarded a doctorate by Brandeis University. The woman became a doctor of neurobiology in 2001.
She volunteered for Muslim organizations and foundations that were later linked to terrorist activities. It was this fact that became decisive after the September 11 terrorist attacks.
Subsequent fate
The woman returned to Pakistan with three young children and lived in Karachi for two years. However, it disappeared in 2003 and was discovered only 5 years later in the Afghan city of Ghazli. She was detained by local police near the governor’s residence.
Armed resistance to arrest, found documents, and an attempt to escape from custody became the basis for her extradition to the United States. A trial took place there in 2010, which resulted in 86 years in prison for Dr. Aafia Siddiqui.
This verdict is being disputed in Pakistan itself; many Muslim organizations are demanding the woman’s release. However, the US government does not make concessions, citing Siddiqui’s proven involvement in terrorist activities.
An impartial study of all facts and points of view is required in order to more objectively understand the issue.
