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| By: Associated Press |
| Published: January 9, 2007 |
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Israel is holding the former imam of Ohio's largest mosque, deported last week by the US, the Shin Bet internal security service said for the first time Tuesday.
Fawaz Damra, 46, was arrested by the Shin Bet because of his ties to Islamic Jihad, a Palestinian group classified by Israel and the U.S. as a terror organization, the Shin Bet said Tuesday. No further details were provided.
Damra was deported by American authorities last week because he concealed his ties to Islamic Jihad when he applied for American citizenship in 1994. Originally from the West Bank city of Nablus, Damra was deported to Jordan last week after being incarcerated in Monroe County, Michigan, for a year while awaiting deportation.
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