Mainstream US Muslim groups have called for Aafia Siddiqui's release

U.S. Muslim groups like the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) have been lobbying for the release of Aafia Siddiqui, a Texas inmate known in counterterrorism circles as "Lady Al-Qaeda."

Just last month, CAIR’s Dallas-Fort-Worth chapter held an event called "In Pursuit of Freedom" at the East Plano Islamic Center in Plano, Texas, calling for Siddiqui’s release, claiming she had been "kidnapped, ripped apart from her children, shot at, renditioned to the U.S., and is currently serving an 86-year prison sentence for a crime she did not commit."