{"id":1997,"date":"2005-07-27T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-07-27T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/?p=1997"},"modified":"2005-07-27T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-07-27T06:00:00","slug":"with_the_damage_done_two_muslim_teenagers_are_quietly_released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2005\/07\/with_the_damage_done_two_muslim_teenagers_are_quietly_released\/","title":{"rendered":"Terror Arrests: With the damage done, two Muslim teenagers are quietly released"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altmuslim.com\/ee_images\/adama_neh.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">\n<div class=\"caption\">Scream a little scream for me<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Back in March of this year, US authorities made a bizarre <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uexpress.com%2Ftedrall%2F%3Fuc_full_date%3D20050426\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">arrest<\/a> of two 16-year old girls in New York City (one from Guinea and one from Bangladesh), with accusations that the two were intent on becoming suicide bombers. To the horror of their families, friends, and teachers, the two were promptly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenation.com%2Fblogs%2Foutrage%3Fbid%3D13%26pid%3D2316\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">locked up<\/a> indefinitely in a juvenile facility with no evidence cited against them (though reports indicated an essay found on one girl\u2019s computer \u2013 seized without a warrant \u2013 that argued <i>against<\/i> suicide bombing helped trigger the arrest). <\/p>\n<p>Neither girl had met each other before the arrest, though they were accused of conspiring (again, without evidence). The New York Times quickly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amperspective.com%2Fhtml%2Fproven_until_proven.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">defended<\/a> the two, and the FBI had to acknowledge that the case <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fstory%2F297750p-254924c.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">held no water<\/a> and that the two would instead be held on immigration charges, as has happened with many terrorism-related arrests. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not spun up about this case,\u201d said a Homeland Security Department source. \u201cNobody here believes they are wanna-be suicide bombers,\u201d an FBI official added. The continued detention was protested on several <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com%2Fstory%2F2005%2F4%2F13%2F13440%2F2763\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">blogs<\/a> where similar unreported <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stopdetention.org\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">cases<\/a> have been highlighted. Eventually, the girls \u2013 now identified as Tashnuba Hayder from Bangladesh and Adama Bah from Guinea \u2013 were released with all charges dropped on one condition each: a gag order on Bah and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsws.org%2Farticles%2F2005%2Fjun2005%2Ffbi-j28.shtml\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">deportation<\/a> for Hayder, along with her 70+ year old parents (Bah\u2019s father also faces deportation). <\/p>\n<p>News of the dropped charges were almost <a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com%2Fnews%3Fq%3Dhayder%2520adama%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26c2coff%3D1%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den-gb%26sa%3DN%26tab%3Dwn\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">nowhere<\/a> to be found (outside of the Times), despite wide (and often sensationalist) reporting on the original detentions. \u201cI feel like I\u2019m on a different planet,\u201d said Hayder, now in Bangladesh where she hasn\u2019t been since she was a toddler. \u201cIt just hit me. How everything happened \u2013 it\u2019s like, \u2018Oh, my God.'\u201d <\/p>\n<p>As for Adama, her schoolmates rallied around her even while in detention to create an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com%2F2005%2F07%2F25%2Fnyregion%2F25puppets.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">art project<\/a> depicting her experience, currently on display at Columbia University (small figures cry for help while large figures stand silent). \u201cWe didn\u2019t know if we would ever see her again,\u201d said Kimberly Lane, an art teacher at Adama\u2019s school in East Harlem, where many <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boomantribune.com%2F%3Fop%3Ddisplaystory%3Bsid%3D2005%2F5%2F10%2F91449%2F2734\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">supported<\/a> the girls. \u201cThis was a way for the students to use art to speak out at a time when a lot of people, including adults, were afraid to do anything.\u201d Adama concurs. \u201cEven though I\u2019m one person,\u201d she said, \u201cthey\u2019re making a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Zahed Amanullah is associate editor of altmuslim.com. 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