Judge Urges Release of Chief Fundraiser for Islamic Charity
A federal magistrate has recommended that a leading fundraiser for an Islamic charity allegedly linked to terrorists should be released from detention after nearly two years.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Johnson filed his recommendation Tuesday for the release of Abdel-Jabbar Hamdan, 45.
It was not immediately clear late Wednesday whether Hamdan had been released.
The recommendation must be approved by another judge.
Hamdan, who also founded a mosque in Anaheim, was arrested on immigration charges in July 2004 as federal authorities unsealed an indictment against the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development.
The government charged that the Texas-based charity funneled millions of dollars to the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
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