Raisuddin "Rais" Bhuiyan (Bengali: রইস ভূঁইয়া; born September 1973) is a Bangladeshi American working as a technology professional in Dallas.
[1] A former officer in the Bangladesh Air Force, he was a student of Sylhet Cadet College who had gone to New York City to study computer technology.
[2] After the September 11 terror attacks, Bhuiyan was one of the three people shot by white supremacist Mark Anthony Stroman.
[1] Bhuiyan gained media attention after revealing that he would appeal to the court to save Stroman from the death penalty.
On September 15, 2001, Pakistani immigrant Waqar Hasan, 46, was shot and killed inside of a grocery store located at 10819 Elam Rd.
While the police were investigating the shooting, Indian immigrant Vasudev Patel was killed in Mesquite, Texas, on October 4, 2001.
In an interview with the New York Times, he wrote: "I have The Islamic Community Joining in [my legal defence]...Spearheaded by one Very Remarkable man Named Rais Bhuiyan, Who is a Survivor of My Hate.
[6] Earlier that day, Bhuiyan's lawyers had lost a final appeal in federal court to stay Stroman's execution.