US authorities are seeking to revoke the citizenship of an imam who they say tried to conceal past associations with radical groups in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Government lawyers said Kariye for a time ‘dealt directly’ with Osama bin Laden and Abdullah Azzam, the founders of al Qaeda. Further, they said the imam recruited sympathisers in the United States and Pakistan for an al Qaeda leader known as Maktab al-Khidamat.
Kariye is also accused of being a founding officer of Global Relief Foundation, which authorities say provided assistance to terrorist groups, including al Qaeda, and promoted radical jihad.
