Afghans at Queens Mosque Split Over bin Laden

A NATION CHALLENGED: A NEW YORK MOSQUE; Afghans at Queens Mosque Split Over bin Laden
By DEXTER FILKINS
Published: September 19, 2001
The New York Times
At New York City's largest Afghan mosque, supporters of the Taliban have chosen to pray in the basement or outside in the parking lot. They have not returned to the mosque for daily prayers since last Friday, when their imam denounced the attacks on the World Trade Center. ''When I speak against the Taliban and Osama, they harass me; so many times they harass me,'' Imam Mohammed Sherzad, the leader of Hazrat-I-Abubakr Sadiq mosque, said at his office in Flushing, Queens. ''They say: 'Why do you speak against Osama bin Laden? He is a good Muslim.' ''

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Informer’s Role in Bombing Plot

Informer’s Role in Bombing Plot
By WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM and KAREEM FAHIM
Published: May 23, 2009
The New York Times
Arrests in the plot to bomb two New York synagogues relied heavily on an informant whose work has led to convictions in a previous terror case.

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Would Be Bronx Bombers

City Room: Updates in Terror Plot
By By Sewell Chan and Nate Schweber
Published: May 21, 2009
The New York Times
The police commissioner described the arrested men as "petty criminals" who appeared to have no connection with a terrorist organization.

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Would Be Bronx Bombers

Imams Reject Talk That Islam Radicalizes Inmates
By DANIEL J. WAKIN
Published: May 24, 2009
The New York Times

The arrest of four ex-convicts accused of plotting to blow up synagogues in the Bronx has revived a debate over whether prison is an incubator of extremist ideas.

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