90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days star Avery Mills is firing back at trolls and haters who have been sending her death threats and making outrageous claims just because she's Muslim.
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"To anyone that doesn't believe Racism and bigotry isn't still alive and well in America, just go look at my comment section," Avery wrote in a posting this past weekend, according to 90 Day Fiance Instagrammer John Yates.
"I have gotten death threats from Americans for the simple fact that I'm Muslim, and whole countries are banned from coming here. I grew up in a very diverse community where I heard white folks addressing black people as criminals and all Muslims as terrorist."
Avery added, "When the ISIS leader died [on October 26], I had people tagging me saying I must be so sad that my 'cousin' died. People that don't speak up about the problems just Bc it doesn't affect them are a part of the problem."
"For the people that stand up against the hate in this [world], thank you," she concluded. "And I'm not trying to throw shade Bc I love everyone. But it did strike a nerve seeing some stuff."
Part 1 of 90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days' Tell-All special that aired on Sunday featured Avery revealing she and Omar were still together but had no idea where they were going to live considering there's less than a five percent chance Omar's visa to come to the United States will be approved.
"If he doesn't have a way to get here, we'll go to a nearby country where it's safe," Avery said, after crying about how hard it was to be away from her husband.
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It's been over a year since Avery and Omar met, and they were shown tying the knot on 90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days earlier this season.
Avery, a 19-year-old former Christian who recently converted to Islam from Columbus, OH, and Omar, a 24-year-old Muslim man from Latakia, Syria, met on a Muslim dating app.
Avery -- who lived with her mom Teri, stepdad, five siblings and grandparents prior to meeting Omar -- was a cheerleader and gymnast who dressed sexy and liked attention from guys before she decided to flip her life upside down and convert to Islam in order to show off her inner rather than outer beauty.
RELATED LINK: '90 DAY FIANCE' COUPLES NOWAvery claims she had converted to Islam six months before meeting Omar, whom she thought had "a beautiful heart."
Omar's dating profile initially said he lived in America. However, Avery continued the relationship even after she found out Omar was living in Syria -- despite concerns from her family that Omar was using her to escape a war in Syria and come to the U.S.
After just a month of talking, Omar asked Avery to marry him. He then sent Avery an engagement ring in the mail.
Avery therefore made plans to fly to Lebanon to finally meet her fiance in person and get married. The couple decided on Lebanon since it would be a safer, nicer place to meet for the first time.
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Despite a U.S. travel ban on Syrian citizens, Avery hoped to bring Omar, a dental student, to the United States on a visa sometime in the next three years after they got married in Lebanon.
However in the meantime, Avery planned to live in Syria with Omar so they wouldn't be apart for too long.
Avery and Omar's wedding took place on February 11, 2019, but the bliss they felt died down quickly when Avery was forced to return to America following her brief stay in Lebanon.
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Once Avery returned to Columbus, she and Teri met with an immigration lawyer together and received some bad news about Omar's visa to enter the United States.
"Realistically, you can't get a visa," Avery told Omar over FaceTime.
"What? Are you joking?" Omar asked. "Why I can't be in America?"
"The lawyer said he has worked on many travel-ban cases and none of them have been approved. We can apply for a waiver, but only less than five percent of people who get waivers get approved. I would say the soonest is three years," Avery explained.
Avery also said if they had any chance of Omar coming to the United States, she couldn't move to Syria because the only thing the government would acknowledge -- if they do acknowledge it -- is the fact the married couple was forced to live apart from each other.
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Avery started the process for Omar to come to the U.S. regardless, and so she asked him, "Do you think you could be away from me for a few years and still want to be married to me?"
"I don't know," Omar replied.
"Wait," Avery noted.
"It's a tough situation for a long time," Omar said.
Avery dropped her phone and couldn't believe Omar had said something like that. It made her doubt how strong his love for her really was.
Avery was very stressed out and wondered what they should do.
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The couple wanted to be with each other, so they discussed the possibility of both moving to somewhere like Dubai.
"If we make that decision to move out of the country, we make that decision for good," Avery told her husband. "We're just giving up America altogether."
Avery realized that in order to start a family of her own, she'd have to neglect and leave behind the family she already had, and that left the 19-year-old feeling very emotional.
"It breaks my heart because there is no good option for me and Omar right now. I am scared we will never be together," Avery told the cameras.
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