User:Geo Swan/Abdulrahman Farhane

Abdulrahman Farhane was a New York bookstore owner arrested in 2005 as part of a sweep against Americans accused of supporting terrorism.

He was convicted after he was asked by a government informant to donate money to help Islamic fighters purchase weapons to fight against American and other foreign governments in the Middle East. He was charged with conspiracy, and of "lying to a government official". He pled guilty, and received a 13 year sentence.

Moroccan explosives expert Karim el-Mejjati had once given the address of Farhane's House of Knowledge bookstore as his own residential address.

Farhane was released in May 2017. He was the 417th individual who the United States convicted of a terrorism related offense, since September 11th, 2001, to serve out his sentence and be released.