Mir Seddique Mateen appears to reside in Florida, but is said to be presently running for office in Afghanistan.įlorida incorporation papers indicate that a Seddique Mateen heads a non-profit organization, The Durand Jirga, Inc. He’s a supporter of the Afghan Taliban, according to The Washington Post. We are in shock like the whole country.”The attack, he said, “has nothing to do with religion.”But the father may not be the most credible of sources. “We weren’t aware of any action he is taking. Mateen’s father, Mir Seddique, told NBC News that the sight of two men in Miami kissing angered his son.“We are saying we are apologizing for the whole incident,” the father added. Mateen’s parents are from Afghanistan but he was not very religious, she said, adding that he “seemed like a normal human being.” He would just come home and start beating me up because the laundry wasn’t finished or something like that.”
“He was not a stable person,” the ex-wife said. That woman told The Washington Post that he repeatedly abused her during their marriage, which lasted from April 2009 to July 2011. The senior law-enforcement source told The Daily Beast that Mateen was born in New York and was married for a time to a woman from New Jersey.
