Separate from Soliman's immigration case, he sued the FBI and the Terrorist Screening Center in 2021 after an "FBI flag" on his record resulted in Soliman losing a job as a Muslim chaplain at the Oregon Department of Corrections. The Muslim Legal Fund of America is representing Soliman in that case as well.

His legal team said an asylum officer labeled an organization Soliman was involved with in Egypt as a terrorist group despite both the U.S. and Egypt not designating the group as such.

CINCINNATI (WKRC) — Supporters are once again calling for the release of Ayman Soliman, a local religious leader and former Muslim chaplain at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, who was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Soliman came to the United States from Egypt about a decade ago, according to federal court records, and received asylum status in June 2018.

Before arriving in Cincinnati, Ayman Soliman spent time in faith-based work and study in Chicago and Oregon. He was also an imam in Egypt.

A federal judge granted a temporary restraining order on Tuesday keeping Ayman Soliman from being moved as his court proceedings continue.

Wednesday will mark one week since US Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained the former Cincinnati Children's Hospital chaplain.Ayman Soliman was detained during a check-in with ICE last week at the Homeland Security Office in Blue Ash.