Posted on 09/23/2004 3:37:01 PM PDT by 4.1O dana super trac pak
CLEVELAND -- A federal judge made a decision today involving convicted Islamic leader Imam Fawaz Damra's U.S. citizenship.
Judge James Gwin ordered that Damra's citizenship be revoked, with the understanding from the government that he will not be detained while pending appeal.
Damra was sentenced Monday to two months in federal prison and four months of house arrest for lying about his connections to terrorist groups when he applied for U.S. citizenship.
Damra is expected to begin serving his sentence after the Muslim holiday of Ramadan ends in November.
Damra is the leader of Ohio's largest mosque, the Islamic Center of Cleveland in Parma.
Let's see, they've revoked his citinzenship and they expect him to just show up in a couple of months to serve jail time. Yeah, that'll happen.
Boys and girls, can you say "Blend into the community and disappear?" I knew you could...
I agree they shouldn't detain him. They should deport him ASAP. It doesn't say in the story whether the judge ruled on his deportment or not just that they couldn't detain him.
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