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Aafia Siddiqui () (DOB used: March 2 , 1972 ) is an MIT Alumna in Biology wanted by the United States Federal Bureau Of Investigation for questioning in regard to Terrorism . Aafia Siddiqui has never been accused of any intentional or direct involvement with any terrorist group or person by the United States Government. No indictment has ever issued for her despite the fact that several grand juries have been in session in Boston, Massachusetts to investigate the events and activities of 9/11. Her ex-husband is now living and working as a physician at a hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. anæsthesiologist Mohammed Amjad Khan . Khan and Siddiqui are divorced following vehement disagreements over how their three children should be educated. Siddiqui wanted the children to be educated in the West and to live in America. Khan wanted the children to be educated in Pakistan under strict Muslim supervision. Khan's family lives in a wealthy compound in Karachi. Aafia Siddiqui was born in Pakistan . In 1999 , while living in Boston, Massachusetts, she and Khan founded the Institute Of Islamic Research And Teaching . There had been reports in spring of 2003 that she had been detained in Pakistan and was being questioned by or for the FBI, which have been denied by the FBI. Her three young children were with her at the time she disappeared. No one had seen or heard of Aafia Siddiqui or her three children since that time. Although Aafia Siddiqui's current whereabouts are unknown, the FBI believes she is currently in Pakistan. Pakistan authorities believe she is in the United States. Neither U.S. nor Pakistan authorities will own up to having any information about the whereabouts of Aafia Siddiqui or her three children. The family of Aafia Siddqiui has asked attorney Elaine Whitfield Sharp of Marblehead, Massachusetts, to serve as their spokeswoman in the media. She may be contacted at 781.639.1862 or at elainesharp@sharplaw.biz. On May 26 , 2004 , Aafia Siddiqui was listed as "wanted for questioning" -- not for terrorist activities -- along with six others when United States Attorney General John Ashcroft announced that reports indicated that Al Qaeda members were planning a terrorist action for the summer or fall of 2004. (That terrorist action never occurred; Nor was a credible threat of such ever shown.) Others listed on that date were Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani , Amer El-Maati , Fazul Abdullah Mohammed , Adam Yahiye Gadahn , Abderraouf Jdey , and Adnan G. El Shukrijumah . The announcement sparked fear that the face of terrorism was changing, i.e., that women and children were traveling incognito to accomplish terrorist goals. Again, this has never been credibly proved. The FBI has indicated it is interested only in those persons with whom Aafia Siddiqui may have come into contact, and not in Aafia Siddiqui, herself, as a target for an accusation of being a terrorist. Despite press reports suggesting that Aafia Siddiqui is directly involved in terrorism, no indictment against Aafia Siddiqui has ever been issued by any of the grand juries that have reviewed evidence of terrorist activities. EXTERNAL LINKS
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