http://cbs3.com/topstories/local_story_219093021.html Aug 7, 2006 9:27 am US/Eastern Prominent Cleric Ousted From Philadelphia Mosque (AP) PHILADELPHIA A prominent Muslim cleric who was convicted of federal charges has been ousted as leader of his West Philadelphia mosque.
Shamsud-din Ali, 67, was sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison on racketeering and other charges, part of a string of convictions stemming from the FBI's sweeping probe of city corruption. He remains free pending an appeal. In a court-supervised election on Saturday, registered Muslims voted 160-143 for a new seven-member board headed by Ali's one-time top aide Rafiq Kalam Id-din. Id-din's slate wants to reaffiliate the mosque with American Islamic leader Warith Deen Mohammed, who had appointed Ali to head the congregation in 1976. Ali declined to comment. His slate's attorney, Vincent L. Johnson, said his clients will be "discussing legal avenues under the law," citing "irregularities in the process." [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
