Imam Fawaz Damra Convicted

(Akron, Ohio) Continuing the story, yesterday, Fawaz Damra was convicted of lying to immigration authorities. According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Cherie Krigsman, the conviction means that the government was able to prove that Damra had "solid, long-standing ties to international terrorist organizations. This sends the message that you can't be a member of an international terrorist organization and become a U.S. citizen."

Sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 9th before U.S. District Judge James Gwin. It's expected that Damra will lose his citizenship and may see up to five years in prison.

Local Muslims don't think the jury was fair and continue to believe that Damra is a good spiritual leader. However, evidence that Damra raised funds for terrorists and extolled "the murder of Israeli citizens and calling Jews, among other things, sons of monkeys and pigs" was enough to convince the jury. It troubles me to no end that there are many Muslim Americans who don't think there is anything wrong with hating Jews and supporting terrorism. By the way, as far as I know, the automatic Muslim hatred for Jews is not reciprocal.