Hosam Maher Husein Smadi, a 19-year-old Jordanian, had a 20-minute hearing at the Dallas federal courthouse Friday, September 24. Smadi has been accused of terrorism after attempting to bomb the Fountain Plaza office tower in Dallas, Texas. Judge Irma Ramirez set a probable cause hearing for October 5.
19-year old Hosam Maher Husein Smadi was arrested Thursday, September 24 after attempting to detonate a bomb attached to a vehicle in Texas. Smadi targeted Dallas’s 60-story Fountain Plaza office tower. Counterterrorism officials had been investigating the suspect because of frequently stated intentions to inflict damage and death upon the United States, which he believed…
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Ingrid Mattson was chosen to speak at President-elect Barack Obama’s inaugural prayer service Wednesday. Mattson has been the guest of honor at State Department dinners and has met with senior Pentagon officials during the Bush administration. However, in 2007 and as recently as last July, federal prosecutors in Dallas filed court documents linking the Hartford,…
In North Dallas, Texas, Muslims and Jews are coming together to fight anti-Muslim and anti-Jewish sentiments in the city. “It’s about time Muslims and Jews come together to speak out against anti-Semitism and Islamophobia,” said President of the Islamic Association of Carrolton president Azhar Azeez. Local Rabbi Andrew Paley added that “the irrational fear of…
