PTSD and torture claims by Salah Sarsour put under microscope in federal hearing

By: Isiah Holmes

Outlets: Wisconsin Examiner

Published: July 30, 2026

Words: 870

Last Updated: 4 days, 12 hours ago

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On the second day of federal immigration court hearings for Salah Sarsour, president of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee, federal prosecutors attempted to cast doubt on Sarsour’s claims that he’d been tortured by Israeli authorities in the 1980s, when he was a teenager living in the occupied West Bank during the First Intifada uprising, and that he suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as a result.

Sarsour, a legal permanent resident of the U.S., …

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