- Masjid Ar-Ribat al-Islami
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Masjid Ar-Ribat al-Islami Basic information Location San Diego, California, US Affiliation Islam Rite Sunni Ecclesiastical or organizational status Mosque Status active Architectural description Specifications Masjid Ar-Ribat al-Islami is a Sunni mosque in San Diego, California, on 7173 Saranac Street on the San Diego-La Mesa, California border.[1]
Anwar Al-Awlaki, who has been accused of being a senior Al-Qaeda recruiter and motivator linked to various terrorists, served as Imam of the mosque from 1996–2000.[2][3][4][5]
Two of the 9/11 hijackers (Nawaf Al-Hazmi and Khalid Almihdhar)[2][6] regularly attended the mosque in 2000, and Al-Awlaki had many closed-door meetings with them, which led investigators to believe Al-Awlaki knew about the 9/11 attacks in advance.[2][3] Al-Hazmi got a recommendation from the mosque for a job at a nearby Texaco station and car wash, a business whose former owner, a Muslim, was known to help young men in need of work. For a month, Al-Hazmi worked there two days a week, vacuuming and drying cars.[7]
References
- ^ "Thornton, Kelly, "Brief N.Y. hearing held for S.D. trio in terrorism case; Release possible after they testify before grand jury," October 3, 2001, accessed December 9, 2009". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. October 3, 2001. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sandiego/access/83212525.html?dids=83212525:83212525&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+03%2C+2001&author=Kelly+Thornton&pub=The+San+Diego+Union+-+Tribune&desc=Brief+N.Y.+hearing+held+for+S.D.+trio+in+terrorism+case+%7C+Release+possible+after+they+testify+before+grand+jury&pqatl=google. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
- ^ a b c Schmidt, Susan; Imam From Va. Mosque Now Thought to Have Aided Al-Qaeda; the Washington Post, February 27, 2008. Retrieved November 20, 2009.
- ^ a b Thornton, Kelly (July 25, 2003). "Chance to Foil 9/11 Plot Lost Here, Report Finds". San Diego Union Tribune. http://legacy.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/terror/20030725-9999_1n25report.html. Retrieved May 10, 2010.
- ^ Sperry, Paul E. (2005). "Infiltration: how Muslim spies and subversives have penetrated Washington". Thomas Nelson Inc., ISBN 1595550038, 9781595550033. http://books.google.com/books?id=Dw1mHo6zjKwC&pg=PT351dq=awlaki++%22san+diego%22+mosque&num=100&ei=tqAVS6rqF4S-yQTo-4n7Aw#v=onepageq=aulaqi&=false. Retrieved December 1, 2009.
- ^ Meek, James Gordon, "Fort Hood gunman Nidal Hasan 'is a hero': Imam who preached to 9/11 hijackers in Va. praises attack," New York Daily News, November 9, 2009, accessed November 12, 2009
- ^ "Eckert, Toby, and Stern, Marcus, "9/11 investigators baffled FBI cleared 3 ex-San Diegans", ''The San Diego Union'', September 11, 2003, November 30, 2009". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. September 11, 2003. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sandiego/access/404461061.html?dids=404461061:404461061&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+11%2C+2003&author=Toby+Eckert+and+Marcus+Stern&pub=The+San+Diego+Union+-+Tribune&desc=9%2F11+investigators+baffled+FBI+cleared+3+ex-San+Diegans&pqatl=google. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
- ^ Goldstein, Amy, Booth, William, "Hijackers Found Welcome Mat on West Coast; San Diego Islamic Community Unwittingly Aided 2 Who Crashed Into Pentagon," Washington Post, December 29, 2001, accessed December 9, 2009
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Coordinates: 32°46′15″N 117°2′36″W / 32.77083°N 117.04333°W
Categories:- Mosques in California
- Culture of San Diego, California
- Buildings and structures in San Diego, California
- Anwar al-Awlaki
- Places of worship in San Diego County, California
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