Alhamdulillah, Sami is free and on his way home to his family in the UK.
After more than two weeks in ICE detention and countless nights of advocacy, legal filings, and dua, he’s leaving the U.S. voluntarily—not deported, not charged, not silenced.
This victory belongs to all of us who spoke up, organized, and refused to let his story disappear.
“I am profoundly grateful to my family, my legal team and every individual in the global community who prayed, protested and refused to be silent. Let the record show: I broke no law and posed no threat. My only ‘offense’ was speaking the unvarnished truth about the genocide in Gaza.
“I am departing now, voluntarily, to reunite with my loved ones, not because the U.S. government ever established a credible case against me. This detention was a stark demonstration that a Muslim journalist can be held captive because extremists, amplified on social media, seek to weaponize state policy against inconvenient speech. This is not merely an injustice against me, but a searing indictment of any nation that claims to uphold free speech, a free press and the right to due process.”
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