Ohio Imam Gets Two Months in Prison - Judge says Not a Terrorism Issue
Monday, September 20, 2004 at 08:23AM
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The leader of Ohio's largest mosque was sentenced Monday
to two months in federal prison and four months of house arrest for
lying about his connections to terrorist groups when he applied for
U.S. citizenship. Palestinian-born Fawaz Damra, imam of the Islamic
Center of Cleveland, could have received up to five years in prison on
the charge of obtaining U.S. citizenship in 1994 by providing false
information. Prosecutors had requested the maximum sentence, but U.S.
District Judge James S. Gwin said he did not view the citizenship
application offense as a terrorism issue the way prosecutors had tried
to suggest. Sentencing guidelines for first-time offenders called for
probation to six months in prison. [more ]
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