Zaynab Khadr
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The eldest child of the Khadr family, Zaynab Khadr is the daughter of Maha and Ahmed Said Khadr.
A divorced mother, Zaynab's marriage was attended by Osama bin Laden with whom the family had close contact. She explained in a Toronto Star interview that nobody was personally invited, including bin Laden, and that word of mouth simply informed all interested parties about the upcoming wedding and all were invited.[1]
She has a daughter who is approximately five years old.
Interviewed for the 2004 documentary Son of al Qaeda, Zaynab also made a comment in an interview with the CBC that year indicating that she believed that the September 11th attacks were a reminder that the Americans "deserved" to feel the same pain that they inflicted on others around the world. Also a critic of the Invasion of Iraq, Zaynab has also stressed that she does not try to force her opinions on others, and respects that others may disagree with her, even offering for those who disagree to contact her for discussion.
[edit] 2005 Return to Canada
Zaynab previously lived in a rented apartment in Islamabad, Pakistan. She said she decided to return to Canada, where she was born, because her mother was lonely and she felt she could enroll her own daughter in an Islamic school in Canada.[1]
When she returned to Canada on February 17, 2005, security officials including Konrad Shourie, seized her laptop, DVDs and audiocassettes, diary and other files. They claimed that they were able to determine the present locations of multiple al-Qaeda veterans. Zaynab offered the defence that she had purchased the computer second-hand seven months before her trip.[2] After the expiry of the three-month limit on holding the items, the RCMP was granted an extension on June 18th.[3]
One of her friends, Rana F. says the Khadr family does not have any link towards Al-Qaeda but were in Afghanistan for the sake of helping the orphans.
Although she has indicated a desire to one day return to Pakistan, her Canadian passport was seized in 2005, rendering her unable to leave the country.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Daughter of alleged terrorist returns: RCMP meets her with search warrant, cageprisoners.com, February 27, 2005
- ^ Canada Discovers AQ Information Trove, Captain's Quarters, June 15, 2005
- ^ RCMP can hold items of Khadr family member, judge rules , CBC, June 18, 2005
