Rasha Alawieh says she admired Nasrallah from a religious perspective but draws a distinction between that and the political realm. Yet such a distinction does not exist in Islam.
“Deported Brown University professor had ‘sympathetic photos’ of Hezbollah leaders on her phone, DOJ says,” by Josh Gerstein, Politico, March 17, 2025:
BOSTON — Federal authorities say they deported a Lebanese doctor holding an American visa last week after finding “sympathetic photos and videos” of prominent Hezbollah figures in a deleted items folder on her cell phone.
Rasha Alawieh, a physician specializing in kidney transplants and professor at Brown University, also told Customs and Border Protection agents that while visiting Lebanon last month she attended the funeral of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and followed his teachings “from a religious perspective” but not a political one, according to an official report on her interrogation by an immigration officer.
“CBP questioned Dr. Alawieh and determined that her true intentions in the United States could not be determined,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Sady wrote in a court filing Monday.
The claims in court filings submitted Monday by Justice Department lawyers are the first public explanation of why Alawieh, 34, was deported Friday despite holding a U.S. visa typically issued to foreigners with special skills for a job that an employer claims difficulty finding American candidates to fill.
The assertions about Alawieh’s affinity for Hezbollah came shortly before a federal judge was scheduled to hold a hearing Monday on whether the government defied an order he issued Friday requiring that she not be deported without advance notice to the court. U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin postponed the hearing Monday morning just before it was to begin. He gave the government another week to submit further information about what happened with Alawieh….
“So I have a lot of Whatsapp groups with families and friends who send them. So I am a Shia Muslim and he is a religious figure. He has a lot of teachings and he is highly regarded in the Shia community,” Alawieh said, according to the transcript filed in court Monday.
“I think if you listen to one of his sermons you would know what I mean. He is a religious, spiritual person, as I said, he has very high value. His teachings are about spirituality and morality,” she added about the sheikh, who was killed last September in an Israeli airstrike on his bunker in the Beirut suburbs.
Asked if she supported Nasrallah “in any way,” Alawieh initially denied doing so but later appeared to acknowledge that she supported and admired him “from a religious perspective.”…
Namer says
I love good news stories. Under Biden she would have been in the US fore4ver supporting terrorism here.
OLD GUY says
Yes deposing of her is good news. However our Colleges and Universities have many islamic/muslim professors indoctrinating are youth with propaganda and supporting anti-America and Israel ideology.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
She can join Hizbullah combatants on the Syrian border, where they now have skirmishes w/ HTS. They could use her services
gravenimage says
Yep…
CryHavoc says
A transplant will work if enough of a body exists.
gravenimage says
Brown University prof deported, attended Hizballah top dog Nasrallah’s funeral, had Hizballah material on phone
…………………………………….
So glad to hear that Rasha Alawieh has been deported.
And I wonder about her record, given other Muslim health providers in the West having claimed to have murdered Jews. Is anyone checking?
somehistory says
The initial report I read of her deportation, said she had been at *many* hospitals. Wonder how much damage she did during the five or more years she has been here.
That smug look. And she was trying to deceive those questioning her, claiming that she didn’t have any thoughts about his ‘political” aspects, just the “spiritual” ones. The spiritual aspects of islime are all demonic, teachings of demons, and worship of the worst possible character and actions.
And since mozlums insist on everyone….everyone from cradle to grave, mozlum and infidel…obeying what they say are “laws,” it’s very much politics tied in with their worship of demons.
There was no photo with the initial reports, and the *reason* for her visit to Lebanon was not stated. But I had a feeling she is a mozlum goon.
40 rounds says
Deep down they’re all rotten to the core. Notice the quiet and behaved ones never condemn their fellow clansmen for their violence.
Joe1 says
“His teachings are about spirituality and morality”. Islam has no morality. If anyone disagrees, what is the pivot point of the morality calculation in Islam? In Christianity, it is love, but Islam does not preach love. Their primary goal is to conquer the world. Perhaps their pivot point is power, but that is certainly not morality.