Popular US Muslim singer INDICTED
Posted on 2010/01/29 in News
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Mohamad Mustapha Ali Masfaka
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26 January 2010:
Mohamad Mustapha Ali Masfaka, 47,
more well known as Abu Ratib,
a popular singer of Islamic
religious songs in the Muslim world,
was arrested last week on charges
of attempted naturalization fraud,
making false statements to FBI investigators
and immigration officials, and perjury.
According to federal investigators
in a press release dated 22 January 2010,
the singer reportedly lied about his
involvement with the Holy Land Foundation
for Relief and Development (HLF),
an organization that was designated by the
U.S. Department of Treasury on December 4, 2001,
as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist [organization].
According to federal investigators,
Masfaka praised HAMAS during some of his
international performances subsequent to the 2001
designation of HAMAS as a terrorist organization.
