Controversy at Georgetown: Indian student detained in US over alleged Hamas propaganda, antisemitic posts

The Trump administration has placed Indian student Badar Khan Suri into detention while at Georgetown University for his apparent support of Hamas Palestinian militancy and social media propaganda activities according to Fox News through Department of Homeland Security documentation.

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 Badar Khan Suri as their Postdoctoral Fellow(gufaculty360.georgetown.edu). The academic profile of Badar Khan Suri includes his position as Postdoctoral Fellow at the Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C(gufaculty360.georgetown.edu) The lawyer representing the student stated that the Donald Trump administration wants to deport him on grounds he poses a threat to US foreign policy objectives.

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The legal representative for Badar Khan Suri stated the client is currently held in Alexandria Louisiana while waiting for court proceedings in immigration court. The statement revealed that federal agents made their arrest of Suri outside his residence in Rosslyn Virginia during Monday night. The claim published by White House deputy chief of Staff Stephen Miller lacked any supporting evidence to back up its charges against the Indian student. According to the announcement Secretary of State Marco Rubio established that Suri's activities made him subject to deportation. Besides antisemitism accusations on social media the Georgetown University student faces additional allegations of deportation. A university official reported the institution lacks knowledge about Suri's detention reason and remains unaware of the claims regarding his illegal conduct

Who is Badar Khan Suri?

The US resident Badar Khan Suri maintains his student visa while being married to the US citizen Mapheze Saleh. He serves as a postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown University at the Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding housed within the School of Foreign Service. The Georgetown University website states that Mapheze Saleh comes from Gaza while working at Qatari government-funded broadcaster Al Jazeera and Palestinian media organizations. While there she provided services to the ministry of foreign affairs during the time Gaza was under war conditions. Her expertise includes peace and conflict studies from an Indian university where she achieved her PhD. 

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Trump's crackdown on ‘antisemitism’ The Trump administration claims pro-Palestinian demonstrators represent antisemitic groups who reject criticism targeting Israeli army conduct toward Palestinians in Gaza and West Bank areas. The White House examines university financial support because administration officials blame universities for insufficient protection of Jewish students by anti-war protestors. The White House investigates six different educational institutions which include Columbia University and the University of California Berkeley and the University of Minnesota and Northwestern University together with Portland State University. The Trump administration conducted an arrest of Mahmoud Khalil who studies at Columbia University when he participated in Palestinian activism demonstrations this past month. A legal challenge against his detention emerged when Khalil filed a case to court. Trump made the baseless statement that Khalil supports Hamas. Lawyers defending Khalil maintain he does not belong to Hamas nor does he share any affiliation with this organization whom the United States identifies as a "foreign terrorist organisation."