Nadeem Hassan

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Nadeem Hassan (born circa 1965) is a Pakistani gastroenterologist who was a legal resident of the United States until he was stripped of his green card due to alleged ties to terrorism.^[1]^[2] Hassan is notable for the controversy stirred by the process through which he was stripped of residency.

1 Life in the United States
2 Hassan's residency status
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Life in the United States

Hassan lived in the USA from 1987 through 2005. He lived in Tempe, Arizona, and worked at the Maricopa Medical Center.

[edit] Hassan's residency status

In 2002, after fulfilling required preporatory steps, he started the process of applying for U.S. citizenship.^[2] Eric Bjotvedt, Hassan's immigration lawyer, said Hassan had obtained “advance parole” -- permission to leave the USA, and count on re-admission, prior to his departure. Hassan and his wife's travels were in order to participate in the Hajj, a religious pilgrimage required of all Muslims,

However, on January 13, 2006, while Hassan was overseas, the Customs and Immigration Service retracted his advance parole, based on a six-month old FBI affidavit. The affidavit, drafted by FBI agent Jill Tikalsky, described the Jamaat Tablighi movement as:

“...vulnerable to being used by Islamic extremists as a cover to recruit members to engage in acts of terrorism against the United States ... the FBI is unable to rule out the possibility that Hassan poses a threat to national security”.

Further information: Tablighi Jamaat and allegations of terrorism

The affidavit asserted that Hassan had withheld important information about his membership in Muslim organizations, that his phone number had been found on the address book of two men detained when crossing the US-Canadian border in 2003.