| Frank G posted a similar article; rather than have a duplicate I imported his comments which are in yellow. |
Should've impounded the car and let it sit in a hot asphalt lot for a week or two
Said Jaziri, the former Imam of a Muslim congregation in Montreal, was hidden inside a car driven by a San Diego-area man who was pulled over by U.S. Border Patrol agents near an Indian casino east of San Diego. Jaziri allegedly paid a Tijuana-based smuggling group $5,000 to get him across the border near Tecate, saying he wanted to be taken to a "safe place anywhere in the U.S."
The arrest marks the unexpected resurfacing of the 43-year-old cleric, whose protracted legal battle to avoid deportation drew headlines. A Tunisian immigrant, Jaziri was deported for failing to disclose a criminal conviction in France while applying for refugee status in the mid-1990s.
But Jaziri's supporters said he was targeted for his fundamentalist views: Jaziri backed Sharia law for Canadian Muslims and led protests over the publication of the Prophet Muhammad cartoons in a Danish newspaper in 2006.
| Not that there's anything wrong with being targeted for that. |
Bye Ken!
Jaziri will not face charges for being in the country illegally until the case against Lawler is over. At that time he will be processed for deportation to Tunisia, said Steven Pitts, spokesman for the U.S. Border Patrol.
Air drop him from 35,000 feet. Allah will save his sorry ass. He's a dirtbag
In Quebec's large Muslim community, Jaziri stood out for his outspoken views, and though his mosque was small, he drew outsized media attention for his strict interpretation of the Quran. Jaziri labeled homosexuality a sin
Except for the young boys, that's Islamic Love
| Apparently his condemnation of gays didn't bother the progressive community. |
"His nickname in Quebec was the controversial imam," said Lise Garon, a professor of communications at Laval University in Quebe City, adding that his case tapped into the anti-immigrant mood in the community. "I think he was deported because people hated his ideas."
Jaziri opposed his deportation to Tunisia because of fears he would be tortured by the government.
| So Ben Azi wasn't all bad... |
According to the court documents, a Mexican foot guide led Jaziri and a Mexican immigrant over the fence near Tecate and he trekked overnight through the rugged back country, to a road where drivers frequently pick up immigrants for smuggling runs into San Diego.
Border Patrol agents, alerted by firefighters who saw the immigrants get in the trunk, pulled the car over near the Golden Acorn Cas!no, about 50 miles east of San Diego.
| Where else would an imam hide? Well okay, in Nevada he might have hidden out at the Happy Hooker Ranch... |