Kayla Jean Mueller was an American human rights activist and humanitarian aid worker. She was taken captive in August 2013 in Aleppo, Syria, after leaving a Doctors Without Borders hospital. Mueller’s parents asked President Obama in a letter to consider trading Mueller for Aafia Siddiqui, a convicted terrorist serving 86 years in federal prison.
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Kayla Jean Mueller was an American human rights activist and humanitarian aid worker from Prescott, Arizona, U.S. She was taken captive in August 2013 in Aleppo, Syria, after leaving a Doctors Without Borders hospital. Media had long reported that a 26-year-old American aid worker was being held by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria without naming her, at her family’s request. In 2015, she was killed in uncertain circumstances. Mueller’s parents asked President Obama in a letter to consider trading Mueller for Aafia Siddiqui, a convicted terrorist serving 86 years in federal prison. The proposed exchange did not take place; the Obama administration had also rejected demands from other militant groups to exchange Siddiquei. The U. S. military and Mueller’s family attempted several times to rescue Mueller, devoting considerable resources to the search. On February 6, 2015, a statement released by a group affiliated with ISIS claimed that a female American hostage held by ISIS was killed by one of a dozen Jordanian airstrikes in Raqqa. The statement came just days after a video showing the release of a female hostage alive was released showing the burning of a burning video of Daniel Rye, a Danish freelance photographer and fellow captive of ISIS. The White House said that the men in the room were impressed by the strength and compassion that she showed us in front of us in the front of the room.
After her death, ISIS tried to use her as propaganda by claiming she had abandoned the Christian faith. The men were men of other prisoners, who denied it, but she denied it. She had been forced into marriage to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the so-called leader of ISIL, who raped her repeatedly. It had also been reported in May 2015 that Mueller was a personal captive of Abu Sayyaf. Fellow captives who were released or escaped reported Mueller’sstrength and compassion. She was concerned for the safety of others, passing up an escape attempt to give other women a better chance at freedom. She also practiced Bhakti yoga. Mueller supported a variety of humanitarian aid and human rights initiatives. Her work in India with Tibetan refugees included volunteering for the pro-Palestinian activist group the International Solidarity Movement and helping African refugees in Israel with the African Refugees Development Center. Mueller started working in southern Turkey in December 2012, where she was assisting Syrian refugees. Although Mueller had been working with the international aid agency Support to Life in Turkey, this was not a work-related trip for Mueller. The following day, Mueller and a Syrian man were abducted by ISIS, but the Syrian man was later freed. Mueller was also involved in Vrindavan Food For Life, which provides free food, education, and medical care.
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