American Converts to Islam: John Walker Lindh, M. A. R. Barker, José Padilla, Adam Yahiye Gadahn, Colleen Larose, Bryant Neal Vinas

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 44. Chapters: John Walker Lindh, M. A. R. Barker, Jos Padilla, Adam Yahiye Gadahn, Colleen LaRose, Bryant Neal Vinas, Kevin Barrett, Michael Muhammad Knight, Stephen Suleyman Schwartz, Brandon Mayfield, James Yee, Meshell Ndegeocello, Suhaib Webb, Michael Wolfe, Matthew Saad Muhammad, Robert D. Crane, Michael Finton, Hamza Yusuf, Zaid Abdul-Aziz, Muhammed al-Ahari, Maryam Jameelah, Zachary Adam Chesser, Abu Mansoor Al-Amriki, Nuh Ha Mim Keller, Lex Hixon, Thomas J. Abercrombie, Yusuf Estes, Vinnie Paz, Daniel Maldonado, Jamilah Kolocotronis, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, Ryan G. Anderson, Aukai Collins, Bruce Conde, Sultaana Freeman, Mohammed Zakariya, T. B. Irving, Jeffrey Mark Deskovic, Christopher Paul, Yahiya Emerick, Ibrahim Hooper. Excerpt: Jos Padilla (born October 18, 1970), also known as Abdullah al-Muhajir or Muhajir Abdullah, is a United States citizen convicted of aiding terrorists. Padilla was arrested in Chicago on May 8, 2002 on suspicion of plotting a radiological bomb ("dirty bomb") attack. He was detained as a material witness until June 9, 2002, when President George W. Bush designated him an enemy combatant and, arguing that he was thereby not entitled to trial in civilian courts, had him transferred to a military prison. Padilla was held for three and a half years as an "enemy combatant" until, after pressure from civil liberties groups, the charge was dropped and his case was moved to a civilian court. On January 3, 2006, Padilla was transferred to a Miami, Florida, jail to face criminal conspiracy charges. On August 16, 2007, a federal jury found him guilty of conspiring to kill people in an overseas jihad and to fund and support overseas terrorism. Government officials had claimed Padilla was suspected of planning to build and explode a "dirty bomb" in the United States, but he was never charged with this crim...