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The father of Omar Mateen, identified by police as the man behind the carnage at an Orlando nightclub early Sunday morning, is an Afghan man who holds strong political views, including support for the Afghan Taliban. Seddique Mateen, who has been referred to as Mir Seddique in early news reports, hosted the “Durand Jirga Show” on a channel called Payam-e-Afghan, which broadcasts from California. In it, the elder Mateen speaks in the Dari language on a variety of political subjects. Dozens of videos are posted on a channel under Seddique Mateen's name on YouTube. A phone number and post office...

Very interesting site. Occupation Security guard Parents Mir Seddique Children 1 Education Indian River State College (Associate's degree in Criminal Justice) Place of Birth New York Marital Status Divorced Mateen was the shooter in the Pulse Orlando Shooting (2016). His family runs a religious non-profit called The Durand Jirga, Inc. Mateen is associated with ISIS. He hails from Port St. Lucie, Florida and was born to Afghan parents. [3][2]He was a registered Democrat according to state voter records, and also possessed a concealed carry license. [9] [11] [19]  He has no known previous criminal record, [18]  but was reportedly on the...

According to a report on this weekend’s broadcast of NBC’s “Sunday Today,” Mir Seddique, father of suspected Orlando mass shooter Omar Mateen, told NBC News when reached by phone that the incident had “nothing to do with religion.”

Reached by NBC News , Mir Seddique, the father of the man who has been identified as the shooter who killed 50 people in an Orlando nightclub, said Omar Mateen had been angry when he saw two men kissing in Miami recently and "this has nothing to do with religion."