Mosque Fires Leader Who Criticized U.S.
The Lodi Muslim Mosque has fired a religious leader who has been accused by U.S. government officials of speaking out against the United States and supporting Osama bin Laden in the wake of the September 2001 terrorist attacks.
Shabbir Ahmed is one of two imams detained on immigration charges as part of an FBI investigation into alleged terror activities in Lodi’s Islamic community. One imam’s son also faces deportation to Pakistan. A father and son, both U.S. citizens, are charged with lying to federal investigators about whether the son attended a terrorist training camp in Pakistan.
The mosque’s board of directors unanimously voted to fire Ahmed, 39, Sunday night.
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