Abdulrahman Farhane
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Abdulrahman Farhane was a New York bookstore owner arrested in 2005 as part of a sweep against Americans accused of supporting terrorism.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
He was convicted after he was asked by a government informant to donate money to help Islamic fighters purchase weapons to fight against American and other foreign governments in the Middle East.[12] He was charged with conspiracy, and of "lying to a government official".[2] He pled guilty, and received a 13 year sentence.
Moroccan explosives expert Karim el-Mejjati had once given the address of Farhane's House of Knowledge bookstore as his own residential address.[12]
Farhane was released in May 2017.[13] He was the 417th individual who the United States convicted of a terrorism related offense, since September 11th, 2001, to serve out his sentence and be released.
In December 2021 Morocco World News reported the Farhane faced being stripped of his US citizenship and deportation.[1] Farhane argued he pled guilty on the advice of his lawyer, who told him, no Muslim can get a fair trial in America.[14] His deportation order was made possible due to his guilty plea, and in an appeal, he argued that he was inadequately represented. However, if his appeal overturns his conviction, he may face a new trial.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Despite Innocent Plea, US Plans to Strip Citizenship of Moroccan-Born for Terrorism: Even after serving in prison for 11 years, the bookseller has always denied his involvement in terrorism cases". Morocco World News (Rabat). 2021-12-21. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20211221170332/https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2021/12/346127/despite-innocent-plea-us-plans-to-strip-citizenship-of-moroccan-born-for-terrorism. Retrieved 2022-03-17. "He pleaded guilty for having “financed Afghan and Chechnya mujahideen between November and December 2001,” and after serving for 11 years, he won an early release in 2017. He hoped that his and his family’s life would then change for the better."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jared Irmas (2008-02-05). "Year of the Rats". Village Voice. http://www.villagevoice.com/news/year-of-the-rats-6420462. Retrieved 2016-02-14. "He asked the shop’s owner, Abdulrahman Farhane, to wire money to jihadists overseas. Farhane was reluctant; he referred CS-1 to Shah, who told the informant in a tape-recorded conversation that he knew some “brothers” who could help."
- ↑ Joseph Goldstein (2006-09-05). "Suspect Claims Act of Terrorism Grew Out of a Desire Not To Offend". New York Sun. Archived from the original on 2014-01-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20140130103332/http://www.nysun.com/new-york/suspect-claims-act-of-terrorism-grew-out-of/39020/. Retrieved 2014-01-30.
- ↑ "Abdulrahman Farhane". Mother Jones magazine. Archived from the original on 2011-10-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20111016185224/http://motherjones.com/fbi-terrorist/abdulrahman-farhane.
- ↑ "US man jailed for terror funding: Moroccan-born bookstore owner sentenced to 13 years after being caught on tape". Al Jazeera. 2007-04-18. Archived from the original on 2014-01-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20140130105630/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2007/04/2008525132413820365.html.
- ↑ Alan Feuer (2007-04-17). "Brooklyn: Bookseller Sentenced for Plotting to Buy Arms". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2014-01-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20140130104439/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/17/nyregion/17mbrfs-islam.html?n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fSubjects%2fT%2fTerrorism&_r=0. Retrieved 2014-01-30. "Prosecutors say that the bookseller, Abdulrahman Farhane, 53, met with an undercover federal informant in his bookstore in late 2001 to discuss ways to send money overseas to buy weapons for the fighters."
- ↑ Alan Feuer (2007-04-03). "Suspect in Terror Plot Admits Training in Pakistan and Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2014-01-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20140130104505/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/nyregion/03terror.html?n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fSubjects%2fT%2fTerrorism&_r=0. "A fourth man, Abdulrahman Farhane, a Brooklyn bookseller, is accused of plotting with an F.B.I. informant to send money overseas to buy weapons and communications equipment for Muslims fighting United States forces in Afghanistan."
- ↑ Jared Irmas (2008-02-05). "Year of the Rats: How the FBI’s terror informants brought down a Bronx jazz musician". Village Voice. Archived from the original on 2008-09-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20080922084432/http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-02-05/news/year-of-the-rats/. "And then there was CS-1, a paid informant who, according to the FBI’s criminal complaint, walked into the Brooklyn Islamic bookstore House of Knowledge on December 7, 2001. He asked the shop’s owner, Abdulrahman Farhane, to wire money to jihadists overseas. Farhane was reluctant; he referred CS-1 to Shah, who told the informant in a tape-recorded conversation that he knew some “brothers” who could help. But Shah was all talk and no action, and not a penny was sent overseas. Undeterred, the FBI kept watching him for years, but took CS-1 off the case when it became clear that Shah didn’t trust him."
- ↑ "Brooklyn Man Sentenced for Conspiracy to Aid Terrorists Overseas". Adl.org. 2007-04-25. Archived from the original on 2014-01-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20140130110024/http://archive.adl.org/main_terrorism/farhane_sentenced.html#.Uuow8_tNYRs. "Abdulrahman Farhane, 52, was sentenced on April 16, 2007, after pleading guilty in November to charges of money laundering and lying to federal agents. Farhane, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Morocco, is one of four men charged in federal court in Manhattan after an investigation that began shortly after the September 11 attacks."
- ↑ John Branston (2006-03-31). "Terrorist Marriage Scam: New indictment in Memphis case ties defendants to NYC". Memphis Flyer. Archived from the original on 2014-01-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20140130110122/http://www.memphisflyer.com/memphis/terrorist-marriage-scam/Content?oid=1125222. "Farhane, who is 52, was described in a New York Times story in February as "the central figure" in a pending New York case against four Muslim men including a martial arts instructor, a Florida doctor, and a Washington, D.C., paramedic."
- ↑ "Washington cab driver gets 15 years in prison for terror aid". International Herald Tribune. July 25, 2007. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/25/america/NA-GEN-US-NYC-Terrorism-Arrest.php. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Julia Preston (2006-02-11). "Bail denied for Brooklyn Bookseller accused of financing terrorism". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2014-01-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20140130104616/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/11/nyregion/11terror.html?n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fSubjects%2fT%2fTerrorism. "The judge, Loretta A. Preska, referred to transcripts of secretly recorded conversations between a government informer and the bookseller, Abdulrahman Farhane."
- ↑ Trevor Aaronson (2017-05-30). "THE U.S. HAS RELEASED 417 ALLEGED TERRORISTS SINCE 9/11. THE LATEST OWNED AN ISLAMIC BOOKSTORE.". The Intercept. https://theintercept.com/2017/05/30/the-u-s-has-released-417-alleged-terrorists-since-911-the-latest-owned-an-islamic-bookstore/. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
- ↑ Hannah Allam; Razzan Nakhlawi (2021-12-18). "He pleaded guilty in a terrorism case and did his time. Now the government wants to strip him of his American citizenship". Washington Post (Newburgh, New York). Archived from the original on 2022-03-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20220317053646/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-biden-denaturalization-deportation/2021/12/18/e31c958e-5854-11ec-a219-9b4ae96da3b7_story.html. Retrieved 2022-03-17. "Farhane’s former attorney had not told him that a guilty plea could jeopardize his citizenship under laws that allow the government to reverse naturalization in certain cases."
