This is Lady Al Qaedas sister.....she was in So Africa in 2012.....I just wonder if they had something to do with Ebola spread. Remember Afia was studying biological warfare.
Dr. Fowzia’s gifts ripped up at OR Tambo Airport
Azhar Vadi 27-02-2012
Dr. Fowzia Siddiqui and human rights activist Altaf Shakoor have safely arrived in Pakistan after their awareness tour to South Africa last week in support of the imprisoned doctor, Aafia Siddiqui.
Their departure from South Africa was however not without incident. According to Dr. Fowzia, their belongings were ruffled and damaged by an aggressive official as they were about to leave the country.
On her tour, Fowzia had received many gifts and mementos from supporters of the cause calling for her sister’s release. These included chocolates, and a large handmade album containing all the poems that were submitted to Cii Broadcasting during a poetry competition held in honour of the US detained Pakistani, Dr. Aafia Siddiqui.
“All the gifts including the album containing all the poems that Maseeha (Gangat) had made with such love and warmth…they kind of ripped it up with a knife,” said Dr. Fowzia.
The certificates that were handed over to her on behalf of Cii were also targeted. “They took a knife and they ripped it and they broke a frame and dropped one cracking the glass.”
Dr. Fowzia was unable to tell if she was deliberately targeted because of her tour to South Africa in which she was critical of the United States and the Pakistani government or if it was a random and straightforward check on a departing passenger.
Even if it was a security check, common decency does not permit for such inconsiderate behavior towards the personal possessions of a departing tourist.
No body search was carried out on either herself or Altaf Shakoor, nor were they asked any questions.
“It was simply as if they were searching for something and I had no idea what it was. They even opened the chocolates. They opened the box, they broke the seal…and then they opened the foil. Then I told them, to keep it. You opened it, you touched it and then you expect me to eat it? How can I do that?” she asked rhetorically.
She identified the official as a single white male. Siddiqui was unable to report the matter to any other authorities as the plane was already being held up by their fiasco and they had to depart immediately.
A spokesperson for the Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) said they would look into the matter.
This is not the first time that Muslims have been targeted at OR Tambo International Airport in South Africa although the harassment is significantly less compared to ports of entry in the US and Europe.
In December last year, a Muslim woman lodged a complaint with the department of home affairs after officials at the passport control section of the airport allegedly told two of her daughters that they needed to remove their headscarves for identification purposes.
Investigative television series, Carte Blanche, also exposed how the Israeli airlines El Al was profiling and detaining innocent people, in particular Muslims at the South African airport in the recent past.
