MIAMI: A US judge on Monday denied bail for a 76-year-old Florida imam and his son accused of sending $50,000 to support the Pakistani Taliban.
| Good! One sensible judge! Clone that man! |
Pakistan-born Hafiz Muhammed Sher Ali Khan, the head of one of Miami's leading mosques, and his son, Izhar Khan, who is also an imam at another south Florida mosque, were arrested on May 14. The two men were among six people, including three other family members of Hafiz Khan, indicted on charges that they conspired to provide money and support for the Taliban, which the United States considers a terrorist organisation.
The Khans, both US citizens, appeared in a federal court on Monday for a hearing attended by several dozen supporters from their mosques.
| Boy howdy, makes you wonder if they really meant the pledge of allegiance at their citizenship ceremony... |
| Did they give up their Pakistani citizenship when they took American? So many people don't, nowadays. I have a friend whose son has Mexican citizenship through his father, Canadian citizenship by birth, and with both parents got American citizenship last year. |
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