An Indian original postdotoral Associate Badar Khan Suri has been arrested at the University of Georgetown in the US and has to face exile. He is teaching a class on “Promotionalism and Minority Rights in South Asia”. According to a statement by a spokesman at the University of Georgetown, Mr. Suri “received an American visa” to continue his doctoral research on peace making in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Politico reported that Shri Suri was arrested on Monday night by “masked agents” outside his house in Virginia. He has been accused of “spreading Hamas Publicity” and said that “a known or suspected terrorist has a close relationship with”.
Trisia McLaglin, Assistant Secretary, Homeland Security, wrote on X, “Suri was a foreign currency student at the University of Georgetpown, who actively spread the Hamas promotion and promoted antisementism on social media.”
“Suri has a close relationship with a known or suspected terrorist, a senior advisor to Hamas. The State Secretary issued a determination on March 15, 2025 that Suri’s activities and appearance in the United States exerted him under the INA section 237 (a) (4) (4) (c) (i).”
About Badar Khan Suri
Dr. Badar Khan Suri admond A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington, DC has a postdorel fellow at Alvalid bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian understanding.
He completed his PhD in Nelson Mandela Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi in peace and struggle from New Delhi.
He wrote “a study of state building in Afghanistan and Iraq” “a study of” transitional democracy, divided societies and possibilities for peace, in which he outlined the complications involved in presenting democracy in diverse societies, ethnicly; Also challenges for the state building project.
He is an interdisciplinary scholar whose region of interest is religion, violence and peace; According to the information available on the website of the University of Georgetown, ethnic conflicts and peace processes in the Middle East and South Asia. Shri Suri’s profile on the website has now been made private and login is required to reach information.
His wife is from Mefez Saleh, Gaza and a first year student at the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies Center at the University of Georgetown. He is an American citizen.
