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  • Lodi cleric accused of ties to terrorism

    06/24/2005 5:37:19 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 1 replies · 405+ views
    Bakersfield Californian ^ | 6/23/05 | David Kravets - AP
    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A Pakistani cleric facing deportation was accused Friday during an immigration hearing of trying to incite followers to defend Osama bin Laden and kill Americans. Shabbir Ahmed, 39, seeking bail on a charge of overstaying his visa to head a Lodi mosque in the Central Valley, denied that he had made any speech against the United States. During the same hearing, a government attorney said another Lodi imam being held on immigration charges once had close ties to the Taliban. Justice Department attorney Paul Nishiie argued against releasing Ahmed on bail, saying he was linked to...
  • Second Islamic cleric in Calif. deported

    09/22/2005 3:30:32 PM PDT · by SmithL · 43 replies · 727+ views
    AP ^ | 9/22/5
    SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The second of two Islamic leaders accused by the government of plotting to set up a terror training camp in California has been deported to Pakistan, his attorney said Thursday. Shabbir Ahmed was deported Wednesday night after dropping his opposition to a charge that he overstayed his religious visa while heading a mosque in Lodi, attorney Saad Ahmad said. Ahmed and four other men from the mosque were arrested in June after federal authorities infiltrated the Pakistani community in Lodi and secretly recorded dozens of conversations over three years. Muhammad Adil Khan, another religious leader from Lodi...