Maryland imam’s advocacy of ISIS lands him at center of terrorism probe

Maryland imam’s advocacy of ISIS lands him at center of terrorism probe

Suleiman Anwar Bengharsa once told a court during a custody dispute that he worried his ex-wife’s new husband was too close to Islamic radicals under FBI investigation and she might raise their child in an “extremist environment.” A little over a decade later, the Maryland man became the thing he once feared. The onetime Commerce […]

Extremist Imam Tests F.B.I. and the Limits of the Law

Extremist Imam Tests F.B.I. and the Limits of the Law

For more than a decade, Suleiman Anwar Bengharsa has served as a Muslim cleric in Maryland, working as a prison chaplain and as an imam at mosques in Annapolis and outside Baltimore. He gave a two-week course in 2011 on Islamic teachings on marriage at the Islamic Society of Baltimore, where President Obama made a much-publicized visit this […]