This isn't just a flat-out lie, it's deliberate disinfo. Padilla started picking up his Muslim roots in about '92 while in jail. He was hard core enough that he probably converted in 1993.
What a boat load of crap this imam is peddling!
Mrs K
And he's not the only one peddling it. Javed, who was Padilla's boss in Taco Bell in ’93 (the guy that said he told Padilla to look in the phone book for a mosque, since it was against company policy to discuss religion) just happens to be the co-founder of an Islamic school frequented by Hassoun (of Benevolence International fame). But in a story in yesterday's Miami Herald, poor innocent Javed is just so concerned that there might be a terrorist cell in South Florida. Right.
Hassoun, by the way, is repeatedly described as a "computer programmer" -- but never with any mention of where he works. It must be a great job, since he could afford to give $11,000 to Global Relief, another terror-supporting charity that’s under investigation. Hassoun looks like the local money man – and I’ll bet he’s conveniently “self-employed.”