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Imam from Ohio Disappears Following His Deportation

HeadlineJan 08, 2007

A prominent Muslim leader from Ohio was deported last week by the U.S. government and hasn’t been heard from since. Fawaz Damra was the former imam at Ohio’s largest mosque, the Islamic Center of Cleveland. In 2004 he was jailed for allegedly concealing ties to the Palestinian group Islamic Jihad. The U.S. government says he was deported Thursday morning to the West Bank. But his friends and family say no one has heard from him since he was taken. Palestinian officials have said they don’t know where he is. Damra’s attorney also criticized the U.S. for giving no notice prior to the deportation. Damra was not given a chance to say goodbye to his wife or his three daughters who were born in the United States.

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