He allegedly supports Hamas? Is that in the article somewhere? It seems to me people are simply making things up to justify what seems pretty unjustifiable.
“ Khalil is not a citizen, and as such his permanent residency is based upon continuously meeting the government's definition of possessing "good moral character"
“ That form asks: “Have you ever, or do you intend, to provide financial assistance or other support to terrorists or terrorist organizations?” As the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle reminds, less than a year after arriving at Columbia on a student visa, Khalil was leading American undergraduates in actions in support of Hamas after the October 7 massacres. Khalil was involved in illegal occupations of buildings, served as the negotiator on behalf of the occupying students with the university, pressuring the administration to accommodate student demands based on their illegal activity, and helped organize an illegal encampment on the campus that denied access to “Zionist” students. ”
You linked an anonymous Reddit post and some European blog post with dubious credibility. Just because someone states as a matter of fact that these people are "pro-Hamas" doesn't make it a matter of fact.
Please at least watch this and see if you see his sincerity. Maybe you will end up as confused as me?
We need to use a scalpel, and not a sword, when it comes to distinguishing actual bad-actors, from mere associations to ethnicities or origins. For one thing, why would a guy who converted to Buddhism even do what that tweet is claiming?
Based on that description (which is all hearsay btw), no. Not a saint. But also no different from someone who grew up in a country that was infused with a certain narrative.
> This guy is not a Buddhist.
Literally counter to what he claimed. Even claiming publicly as a lie that you are a Buddhist, this endangers your life in Islam... and Palestine is VERY Muslim. That's what doesn't make sense. He's not (at least not anymore) a death-cultist, even if he does use some of the same language.
It sounds plausible that Mahdawi is the second person on Khalil's case memo [1]. If that's the case, the claim is that "alien whose presence or activities in the United States the Secretary of State has reasonable ground to believe would have potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States" is deportable.
https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/1j9ata1/comme...
Another
https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news-corner/us-jud...
“ That form asks: “Have you ever, or do you intend, to provide financial assistance or other support to terrorists or terrorist organizations?” As the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle reminds, less than a year after arriving at Columbia on a student visa, Khalil was leading American undergraduates in actions in support of Hamas after the October 7 massacres. Khalil was involved in illegal occupations of buildings, served as the negotiator on behalf of the occupying students with the university, pressuring the administration to accommodate student demands based on their illegal activity, and helped organize an illegal encampment on the campus that denied access to “Zionist” students. ”