Ali al-Tamimi

Ali Al-Tamimi is an American biologist and Islamic scholar. On April 26 , 2005 , he was convicted in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia of soliciting others to levy war against the United States and inducing others to use firearms in violation of federal law . Soon after the September 11, 2001 attacks he told a small group of young Islamic men to join the Taliban and fight the United States. Al-Tamimi was born in Washington, DC , and raised in a predominantly Catholic neighborhood. His parents worked at the Iraqi embassy. When he was 15 his family moved to Saudi Arabia , where he became interested in Islam. On returning to the U.S. two years later, he attended The George Washington University and the University of Maryland, College Park . He received a doctorate in computational biology from George Mason University on the topic of " Chaos and Complexity in Cancer ". He lectured often at the Center for Islamic Information and Education in Falls Church, Virginia . He was a founding member of the Center, which is also known as Dar al-Arqam . He has yet to be sentenced, but the firearms charges carry a mandatory life sentence . v t e v t e

Ali Al-Tamimi (also Ali Al-Timimi ; born December 14, 1963, in Washington, DC) is a former Fairfax County resident, biologist , and Islamic teacher who was subsequently convicted of inciting terrorism in connection with the Virginia Jihad Network and sentenced to life imprisonment. Markon, Jerry (July 14, 2005). Mounir al Mawry (July 15, 2005).

Ali Al-Tamimi (also Ali Al-Timimi ; born December 14, 1963 in Washington, DC) is a former Fairfax County resident, biologist , and Islamic teacher who was subsequently convicted of inciting terrorism in connection with the Virginia Jihad Network and sentenced to life imprisonment. Al-Tamimi has been described as "arguably the first American born activist Salafi preacher." Markon, Jerry (July 14, 2005). Report for the George Washington University Program on Extremism. %20in%20America.pdf Link .

American Muslim preacher (1963–present) Ali Al-Tamimi (also Ali Al-Timimi ; born December 14, 1963) is an American computational biologist and Islamic teacher from Fairfax County, Virginia , who was convicted of soliciting treason and attempting to contribute services to the Taliban based on comments he is alleged to have made to a group of followers at a private dinner shortly after 9/11 . He was subsequently sentenced to life in prison in 2005. His direct appeal has not yet completed and has been pending for more than seventeen years. After being held in solitary confinement for more than a decade at the administrative maximum security United States Penitentiary ADX Florence , Colorado , the district court in 2020 ordered his conditional release into home confinement pending appeal after concluding that his case raised substantial legal issues.

American Muslim preacher (1963–present) Ali Al-Tamimi (also Ali Al-Timimi ; born December 14, 1963) is an American computational biologist and Islamic teacher from Fairfax County, Virginia , who was convicted of soliciting treason and attempting to contribute services to the Taliban based on comments he is alleged to have made to a group of followers at a private dinner shortly after 9/11 . He was subsequently sentenced to life in prison in 2005. His direct appeal has not yet completed and has been pending for more than nineteen years. Al-Timimi was held in solitary confinement for more than fifteen years including over a decade under special administrative measures at the maximum security United States Penitentiary ADX Florence , Colorado . In August 2020, the district court ordered his conditional release into home confinement pending appeal after concluding that his case raised substantial legal issues.