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who was convicted of plotting a terrorist attack in Denmark. Munir Awad, and his fiancée were arrested in Kenya in 2007 when Ethiopian forces invaded Somalia and foreigners were detained as suspected terrorists. On December 29, 2010 Awad was arrested in Denmark and in 2012 was found guilty of
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This 43-day prison incident became problematic for Helena Benaouda, the chairwoman of the Swedish Muslim Council, who campaigned tirelessly protesting their innocence.
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The pair describe being held in extrajudicial detention following the invasion, together with a large number of foreigners, among whom were the family of US islamist
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Somalia. Though his partner referred to Awad as her husband they were not legally married at the time since she was below the legal age.
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In May 2010, Awad was invited to speak at a seminar criticizing the anti-terrorism laws of Sweden organized by
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During his 43-day incarceration Helena Benaouda, the mother of his partner campaigned for their release.
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that the soldiers who captured them were led by Americans and that Americans ran their interrogations.
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to see a more traditional Muslim culture. They arrived in Somalia shortly before it was invaded.
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her interrogators kept asking her questions about a trip they said her boyfriend took to
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recommended a 10 year sentence. The judges chose a sentence of 12 years.
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On August 20, 2009 the pair and their young child were apprehended in
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On December 29, 2010 he was arrested in Denmark, this time for the
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on January 18, 2007 having fled Somalia after Ethiopian forces
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The state prosecutor demanded a 14 year sentence, while a
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His fiancée said she and her boyfriend had traveled to
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Swedish extrajudicial prisoners of the United States
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conference. Mohammad Rizwan, the chief of police of
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Index

Somalia
Sweden
black sites
extrajudicial detention
Islamist
revenge
Muhammad cartoons
Conviction(s)
Arabic
Lebanon
Sweden
Jyllands-Posten's publication of Muhammad cartoons
Helena Hummasten/Benaouda
Finnish-born
Muslim Council of Sweden
Kenya
invaded
Daniel Maldonado
Press TV
Raymond Bonner
International Herald Tribune
Denmark
jihadists
Dubai
Somalia
Pakistan
Mehdi Ghezali
Lahore
Tablighi Jamaat
Dera Ghazi Khan

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