Mosque Bomb Threat Suspect Pleads Not Guilty

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – A Texas man accused of making terrorist threats against a local mosque has pleaded not guilty. Javier Alan Correa turned himself in to U.S. Marshals in Nashville for processing on Monday. David Boling, the spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Nashville, said Correa was released on his own recognizance. No future…

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Ex-Taxi driver charged in $30M Ponzi scheme targeting Muslims

A taxi driver turned prominent businessman in Chicago’s South Asian community is among three people indicted for defrauding hundreds of Muslim investors out of $30 million, in part by promising that investments complied with Islamic law, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. Salman Ibrahim, 37, who vanished in 2008 after allegedly persuading hundreds of Pakistani and Indian…

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    Federal investigators seize US mosques with alleged ties to Iranian government

    Federal investigators moved to seize four mosques in the US and a skyscraper in Manhattan yesterday over their alleged financial aid to Iran. Prosecutors in Manhattan filed a civil complaint in the federal court seeking the forfeiture of more than $500 million in assets of the Alavi Foundation, which describes itself as a charitable foundation,…

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