Muslim behind bars, despite a judge’s order

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On 12/07, U.S. News & World Report reports:

<q>A Turkish Muslim from White Plains, N.Y., held in a New Jersey jail for more than two weeks, remains behind bars, despite a judge’s order that he be released.</q>

<q>Atila Kula, a 27-year-old former computer student, was picked up by the FBI on Nov. 20, and questioned about the September 11 terrorist attacks.</q>

<q>Kula’s lawyer Kerry Bretz insists his client has no knowledge of the incidents. Bretz, who is based in New York, says Kula was likely singled out when the Immigration and Naturalization Service conducted a review of soon-to-expire student visas. Kula finished classes at Baruch College on October 17. read more</q>

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Feds to Free Egyptian Held in Attacks on December 11 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The government agreed Tuesday to release a 19-year-old Egyptian man who was taken into custody after Sept. 11 and held for weeks even after he was cleared of involvement in the terrorist attacks, his lawyer said.

Mohamed Omar was on a six-month tourist visa when he was detained by federal agents Sept. 18 for working illegally at a gas station owned by a friend’s father.

He was questioned and cleared of criminal involvement by the FBI and approved for release by an immigration judge a week later, but remained locked up for 11 weeks without explanation, said his attorney, Sohail Mohammed.