Another Lodi imam accused of link with terrorists

According to the Jerusalem Post another imam is being accused of inciting followers to kill Americans.

Shabbir Ahmed an imam at the Lodi mosque, who was arrested in Lodi for immigration violations was accused Friday during an immigration hearing of trying to incite followers to kill Americans.

Justice Department attorney Paul Nishiie, arguing against bail, claimed Ahmed was linked to a terrorist group in Karachi, Pakistan, and had preached at an Islamabad mosque about attacking Americans a few months after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. He said Ahmed also urged followers to defend al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.

Shabbir Ahmed is one of five men arrested during a terrorism investigation in Lodi, a community of about 62,000 about 80 miles (129 kilometers) east of San Francisco. Muslim leaders, the American Civil Liberties Union and government leaders have criticized the tactics of federal investigators and for bringing a spotlight on the community. Authorities, meanwhile, have pressed forward with the cases.

Prosecutors maintain that Ahmed was a student and a teacher at Jamia Farooqia, which the State Department list as a terrorist group, but which describes itself on the Internet as a "renowned university of Islamic sciences."

Islamic sciences? What, how to train suicide bombers? And why should federal investigators be criticized for bringing attention to this. Anything that threatens the US and its citizens should be brought to our attention. We need to know the danger that exists. I wonder why the ACLU doesn't change it's name to DAMN, Don't Accuse or Arrest Muslims of Nothing.