Two Days Ago, the ICE Detachment in Dallas Detained a ‘Beloved Muslim Community Leader’

I’m going to say this right off the top – there is NO WAY TO KNOW AND NO INFORMATION CONFIRMING OR DENYING that this recent event had anything to do with the current, tragic situation at the Dallas ICE facility.

But with all the current speculation about the possibility of yet another Antifa, Gavin Newsom running his mouth last night about Trump’s kidnappings…

Last night: Gavin Newsom goes on a hyperbolic rant about Donald Trump and ICE kidnapping brown people off of the streets of America

Hours later: Mutliple people shot by a sniper at an ICE facility in Dallas pic.twitter.com/H04CDcvPpt

— Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) September 24, 2025

…and the generally inflamed rhetoric on the Left, period, this seemed to be important enough to watch, as well.

Two days ago, officers with the Dallas ICE office detained a fellow by the name of Marwan Marouf. This is how the local TV station characterized the incident in their report:

Beloved Dallas Muslim community leader detained by ICE after decades of service in North Texas

 Not inflammatory at all.

A well-liked Dallas Muslim community leader was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Monday, according to the Muslim Legal Fund of America (MLFA).

MLFA said Marwan Marouf, a leader with Muslim American Society’s Dallas chapter, was stopped by ICE agents early Sept. 22 after dropping his son off at school and heading to work.

In a statement, MLFA said it has represented Marouf for more than six years as he sought lawful permanent residence in the United States. The organization stated that Marouf arrived in the U.S. more than 30 years ago as an international student, later marrying and raising a family in North Texas.

According to MLFA, Marouf’s employer sponsored his temporary work and permanent residence applications for 15 years before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began questioning his charitable activities.

There’s no mention in the article about what sorts of ‘charitable activities’ Mr Marouf was involved in that would cause the government to question them, or, as one line alludes to, that the denial of his 30-year-in-waiting green card was related to ‘the decision reiterated prior findings from more than a decade ago.’

All it talks about specifically is how Marouf started a Boy Scout troop, not a thing about what activities the government finds objectionable enough to hold a green card off for decades, and finally deport this outstanding community member.

These guys had something to say, of course.

Marwan Marouf, a father, volunteer, and pillar of Dallas’s Muslim community, was suddenly detained by ICE this week after more than 30 years in the U.S. His arrest, which followed increasing government scrutiny of his charitable work, is raising alarm among civil rights… pic.twitter.com/o6PawS0OFs

— CAIR National (@CAIRNational) September 24, 2025

And it does give one a clue when you see who Marouf’s most ardent defender was, as he immediately jumped to the detainee’s defense on social media – Dr. Omar Suleiman.

ICE took the heart of our community. I’ve known Marwan Marouf pretty much my whole life. He would drive for hours to be with me in my darkest and happiest moments. In Dallas, he was managing meal trains to hospitals and shelters during COVID and winter storms. He’s been there for… pic.twitter.com/uHbTyKY6iZ

— Dr. Omar Suleiman (@omarsuleiman) September 24, 2025

...In Dallas, he was managing meal trains to hospitals and shelters during COVID and winter storms. He’s been there for everyone in his life with unmatched grace. He’s the definition of service and sacrifice. ICE abducted him after he dropped his kid off at school yesterday. You better believe we’re going to fight for him with everything we’ve got, because that’s what he’d do for every one of us. #BecauseOfMarwan

He’s a preaching peach.

Video: Interfaith dialogue icon @omarsuleiman is a virulent Jew-hater who promotes the Quranic (Q 2:65, 5:60, 7:166) epithet “apes” for Jews, & sanctions Sharia-based stoning for adultery & amputation for theft, while promoting sex-slavery & concubinage https://t.co/q9nPer1feJ pic.twitter.com/3DEU0bnBP3

— Andrew Bostom, MD, MS (@andrewbostom) July 9, 2025

With a national profile.

For every single voice that you seek to silence, a million will speak in their place.

My brief address at the National March on Washington today. This was dedicated to our brave student activists arbitrarily detained by ICE at the behest of Israel. pic.twitter.com/hmbUZmFDD5

— Dr. Omar Suleiman (@omarsuleiman) April 6, 2025

Suleiman’s X bio says he is ‘rooted in Palestine’ but ‘born and raised in New Orleans’ and a cursory Google search of his name, along with the Yaqueen Institute he serves as founding president of, turns up a fair amount of anti-American, anti-Semitic articles. There are also conferences where Suleiman has been either an invited speaker or has invited well-known ‘radicals’ to introduce them to his followers.

Sharing the love, so to speak.

This is one of the close associates of the Dallas detainee, Mr. Marouf. Of whom the government has yet to release its objections regarding his charity work – I am interested in reading what they were.

Another possible detractor for Mr Marouf’s reputation outside the Muslim community is the fact that he is reportedly an Elashi brother-in-law. Now, that doesn’t ring many bells outside of Dallas, but what it means to those who pay attention to Islamic terrorist organizations is that Mr Marouf is related to the family that ran the notorious Holy Land Foundation, a Palestinian aid society, many of whom eventually wound up with lengthy prison sentences

Holy Land Foundation and Leaders Convicted on Providing Material Support
to Hamas Terrorist Organization

Today, in federal court in Dallas, U.S. District Judge Jorge A. Solis sentenced the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF) and five of its leaders following their convictions by a federal jury in November 2008 on charges of providing material support to Hamas, a designated foreign terrorist organization.

“Today’s sentences mark the culmination of many years of painstaking investigative and prosecutorial work at the federal, state and local levels. All those involved in this landmark case deserve our thanks,” said David Kris, Assistant Attorney General for National Security. “These sentences should serve as a strong warning to anyone who knowingly provides financial support to terrorists under the guise of humanitarian relief.”

HLF was incorporated by Shukri Abu Baker, Mohammad El-Mezain, and Ghassan Elashi. Mufid Abdulqader and Abdulrahman Odeh worked as fund raisers. Together, with others, they provided material support to the Hamas movement.

I don’t know how the feds think, but being related to these guys, hobnobbing with characters like Suleiman, and still needing a green card after thirty years might be red flags that it was time for you to go.

Dallas seems to be a dangerous place for all the cowboys. oil and an all-American vibe. There are undercurrents there that I am sure are being watched carefully.

ICE already has a very dangerous job. There are so many ways to easily make it worse.

I hope they find out quickly what happened today and hammer whoever was responsible if there is more to it than one man on a rooftop.

Beege ADDS: They were having a press conference as I finished this. 

I do not believe this new information on the attack would lead me to believe it was someone upset about Marouf, but, then again, they haven’t identified the shooter either, so all bets off.

The ironic thing is that an anti-ICE shooter wound up waxing only detainees while trying to kill ICE agents. These sick, SICK individuals are so dangerous.

Dallas FBI special agent in charge on ICE facility shooting in Dallas: “We’ve seen from rounds that were found near the suspected shooter contain messages that are anti-ICE in nature.” pic.twitter.com/iFi1HIXcJ2

— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) September 24, 2025

 

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