Is Aafia Siddiqui Jewish? Let’s discuss the religion and heritage of the infamous neuroscientist turned criminal.
Aafia Siddiqui is a famous Neuroscientist who is known to be involved with both the Islamic State and the Taliban. It is said that they have sought to trade Aafia for American and European hostages reflecting her ‘superstar’ status among militants.
Siddiqui is 49 years old and the mother of three children. She has degrees from MIT and Brandeis University. Furthermore, she is being held in the Federal Medical Center at Carswell in Fort Worth.
One suspect has taken the rabbi and three others hostage at a synagogue in Colleyville, TX. The hostage-taker is claiming to be armed and says his sister is Aafia Siddiqui, who was convicted in New York of trying to kill US military personnel
— Aaron Katersky (@AaronKatersky) January 15, 2022
Is Aafia Siddiqui Jewish?
No, Aafia Siddiqui is not Jewish. It has been known that she was born to a Sunni Muslim family in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. The neuroscientist was born on the 2nd of March, 1972, and is 49 years old as of now.
Furthermore, Aafia belongs to the Urdu-speaking Muhajir, Deobandi community of Karachi. She was raised in a Muslim household.
Aafia Siddiqui Husband & Family
Aafia Siddiqui was married to her husband Amjad Muhammad Khan in 1995. He is a Karachi-born anesthesiologist and the marriage was arranged by Aafia’s mother. To our surprise, the wedding was conducted over the telephone.
After the wedding, Khan came to the United States and the couple lived first in Lexington, Massachusetts, and then moved to the Mission Hill neighborhood of Roxbury, Boston. Khan worked as an anesthesiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
In 1996, Aafia gave birth to a son named Muhammad Ahmed and to a daughter named Mariam Bint-e Muhammad in 1998. Siddiqui’s father is Muhammad Salay Siddiqui who is a British-trained neurosurgeon. Likewise, her mother is Ismet who is an Islamic teacher, social worker, and charity worker. Ismet was involved in political and religious circles. She used to teach Islam wherever she lived and even founded a United Islamic Organization. Moreover, Ismet served as a member of Pakistan’s parliament as well.
In addition, Ismet successfully drew the attention of General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haw due to her support for Islam in the face of feminist opposition to his Hudood Ordinances. She got appointed to a Zakat Council.
CAIR has hosted many rallies to free Aafia Siddiqui aka Lady Al-Qaeda, whose supposed brother is holding a synagogue hostage in Colleyville, TX pic.twitter.com/KGWyW4D3oN
— Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) January 15, 2022
Coming back to Aafia Siddiqui, she had attended school in Zambia till the age of 8 and finished her primary and secondary education in Karachi. Then she moved to Houston, Texas, the US in 1990 on a student visa. She joined her brother there who was studying architecture. Aafia attended the University of Houston. According to her friends, she avoided movies, novels, and television, except for the news.
Moreover, she transferred to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology after three semesters. She even won a $5000 Carroll L. Wilson Award for her research proposal ‘Islamization in Pakistan and its Effects on Women’.
Aafia Siddiqui Net Worth 2022
Aafia Siddiqui’s net worth is estimated to be between $1 million and $5 million approximately.
Furthermore, it can be guessed that her major source of income is her medical profession.