Harboring a guest carrying rain gear was prosecuted as terror material support
Evidence
Fahad Hashmi, a US citizen who grew up in Queens, New York, was arrested in 2006 and charged with providing material support to terrorists. Hashmi’s crime was that he had allowed an acquaintance to stay in his London apartment, a man named Junaid Babar, who was carrying items that would later be delivered to al-Qaeda. These dangerous items included raincoats, ponchos, and waterproof socks. By the government’s logic, Hashmi should have smelled a rat, knowing how deadly waterproof garments are and how decisively they would tip the balance of power in the direction of al-Qaeda. For this crime, he spent three years in pretrial solitary confinement. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 593
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
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Broader Connections
- Providing lodging was prosecuted as terrorism support for mundane items
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