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US troops detain Muslim religious leader: Witnesses
Fallujah, Oct 13: US forces today arrested the prayer leader of the great mosque of Fallujah, a flashpoint town 50 kms west of Baghdad, following a search of the mosque, a witness said.
Fallujah, Oct 13: US forces today arrested the prayer leader of the great mosque of Fallujah, a flashpoint town 50 kms west of Baghdad, following a search of the mosque, a witness said.
A US military spokeswoman had no immediate confirmation but said officials were looking into the reports that Sheikh Jamal Shaker Nazzal, 61, had been arrested.
A neighbour of the great mosque, Ziad Ismail, 42, said four religious students were arrested alongside Nazzal after US troops searched the mosque for one and a half hours overnight. Nazzal, a Sunni Muslim Imam who is highly popular in Fallujah, has urged the faithful in his sermons not to cooperate with the occupying US forces.
Bureau Report
A neighbour of the great mosque, Ziad Ismail, 42, said four religious students were arrested alongside Nazzal after US troops searched the mosque for one and a half hours overnight. Nazzal, a Sunni Muslim Imam who is highly popular in Fallujah, has urged the faithful in his sermons not to cooperate with the occupying US forces.
Bureau Report