- Jamal J. Ellias
Jamal J. Elias is the Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. [http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt/ARB_Transcript_Set_5_20000-20254.pdf#103 Murat Kurnaz ARB] , "Department of Defense", pages 103-105]
He was called on to write to the
Administrative Review Board s held at theGuantanamo Bay detainment camp s. [http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt/ARB_Transcript_Set_5_20000-20254.pdf#103 Murat Kurnaz ARB] , "Department of Defense", pages 103-105] The Boards were authorized to recommend whether Guantanamo captives should continue to be held inextrajudicial detention. One of the justifications offered for the continued detention of over three dozen of the Guantanamo captives was that they had participated in the activities of aPakistan i Islamic missionary group namedTablighi Jamaat .Elias wrote that Tablighi was a peaceful group, and that, in particular, one of the tenets of the movement was that participation on a Tabligh mission was a valid substitute for participation in
Jihad . [http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt/ARB_Transcript_Set_5_20000-20254.pdf#103 Murat Kurnaz ARB] , "Department of Defense", pages 103-105]References
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