Posted on 11/05/2004 10:35:13 PM PST by NormsRevenge
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - An Egyptian man who served as an imam at an Orange County mosque was arrested on immigration violations, federal officials said Friday.
Wagdy Mohamed Ghoneim was arrested Thursday morning at his home in Anaheim, said Lori Haley, spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He was held without bail at a federal detention facility pending an immigration court hearing next week.
Ghoneim worked as an imam at the Islamic Institute of Orange County in Anaheim, Haley said. She described the pending charges against him as "administrative" but did not elaborate.
A call to his defense attorney, identified by federal immigration officials as Ban Al-Wardi, was not immediately returned. The institute did not return a call seeking comment either.
FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said the agency was not involved in the arrest. She wouldn't confirm or deny whether the FBI was investigating Ghoneim.
Further details were not immediately available.
i think u r liar because logically a terrorist can not say something like that in public in a website and nobody came to the mosque except us third we r 1.25 billion muslims around the world how come u think all of us r terrorists if so then all the christians are hetlers
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