US EditionTears of joy as Egyptian immigrant and Cincinnati chaplain is released from detention
Ayman Soliman was detained for over 70 days after his asylum was revoked but has now been released and had his asylum reinstated following legal challenges and community advocacy.
- Ayman Soliman, a community leader in Greater Cincinnati, has been released from immigration jail and his asylum status has been reinstated, according to an update from the Ohio Immigrant Alliance.
- Soliman was taken into custody by ICE in July after his asylum status was revoked during a check-in.
- The government claimed Soliman had ties to terrorist activity due to his charity work, which his attorney Robert Ratfliff denied.
- The Muslim Legal Defense Fund of America described Soliman's release as 'miraculous.
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Tears of joy as Egyptian immigrant and Cincinnati chaplain is
CAIRO: An Egyptian immigrant who has worked as a chaplain for a Cincinnati hospital was released Friday after weeks in detention. Ayman Soliman was detained in July during a check-in with immigration officials. Soliman served as an imam — a Muslim religious leader — in Egypt for 14 years before fleeing to the United States in 2014, according to the Initiative on Islam and
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Egyptian immigrant and Cincinnati chaplain is released from detention
He served as an imam in Egypt before fleeing to the U.S. in 2014.
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Ayman Soliman walked the line of supporters gathered along a gray, brick wall in Cincinnati, Ohio‘s Clifton Mosque, stopping to shake each person’s hand. Just moments later, he stepped behind the podium in the center of the room to address his audience. “It is just as our Christian friends call it, a rebirth. I am reborn today. I was reborn at 12 p.m. today,” the imam and former interfaith chaplain said. In his first time addressing the public d…
Tears of joy as Egyptian immigrant released from US detention
An Egyptian immigrant who has worked as a chaplain for a Cincinnati hospital was released Friday after weeks in detention. Ayman Soliman was detained in July during a check-in with immigration officials. Soliman served as an imam — a Muslim religious leader — in Egypt for 14 years before fleeing to the United States in 2014, according to the Initiative on Islam and Medicine, where he serves as a board member. Speaking to supporters after his rel…
An Egyptian immigrant who worked as chaplain in a Cincinnati hospital was released on Friday after weeks of detention. Ayman Soliman was arrested in July during a search with immigration officials. Soliman exercised as a magnet—Muslim religious leader—in Egypt for 14 years before fleeing to the United States in 2014, according to the Initiative on Islam and Medicine, of which he is a member of the board of directors. In statements to his support…
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