Monday, January 15, 2007

Deported Ohio imam not wanted anywhere

AP is reporting that "Fawaz Damra was rejected by 72 countries" in his search for a new home after being tossed out of the USA. Poor terrorist supporter! He ended up in the West Bank, where I hope he enjoys the poverty and violence Palestinians have chosen for themselves.

    PARMA, Ohio – The former imam of Ohio's largest mosque became a man without a country after being convicted of concealing his ties to terrorist groups.

    Fawaz Damra was rejected by 72 countries and left with no choice but to be deported to his native West Bank, leading to his arrest by Israeli authorities on Jan. 4.

    The arrest has angered Muslim leaders in Ohio, some of whom complained that he was double-crossed by U.S. immigration officials and delivered up to the Israelis.

    Damra, 46, a Palestinian from the West Bank city of Nablus, was the spiritual leader of the Islamic Center of Cleveland, raising three American-born daughters with his wife in suburban Strongsville, at the time of the Sept. 11 attacks. He condemned the attacks and urged others not to judge all Muslims as a group.

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