Hassan Abujihaad
| Hassan Abujihaad | |
|---|---|
| Born | Paul Raphael Hall 1976 (age 47–48) |
| Nationality | American |
| Ethnicity | Black |
| Occupation | United States Navy sailor (1998 to 2002, honorably discharged)[1] |
| Children | 2 |
Hassan Abujihaad (born Paul R. Hall; 1976) is a former sailor in the United States Navy convicted of supporting terrorism.
A native of Phoenix, Arizona[2][3] and a convert to Islam, Abujihaad was convicted of disclosing the location of Navy ships and their weaknesses to an online forum in April 2001 while serving as a naval signalman on board the USS Benfold.[2]
Early life
Abujihaad grew up in Southern California. He legally changed his name from Paul Raphael Hall to Hassan Abujihaad in 1997, and enlisted in the Navy in January 1998.[4][5] He was honorably discharged in 2002.[6][7]
Abujihaad married Takia Haji in 2000. He filed for divorce in 2005 and was awarded sole custody of their two children during the following year.[8] He occasionally attended the Islamic Community Center of Phoenix,[9] which is also the mosque that Elton Simpson, one of the gunmen shot dead in the attempted Curtis Culwell Center attack of May 2015, attended.[10][11]
Arrest, trial, and conviction
Police arrested Abujihaad in March 2007 in Phoenix, Arizona.[12] He entered a plea of not guilty on April 4, 2007. On March 5, 2008, he was convicted by a jury in New Haven, Connecticut.[13] Federal prosecutors said the then-32-year-old had admitted disclosing military intelligence.[3][14] He was sentenced to ten years in prison, the maximum penalty for the crime.[15]
In 2009, the Sunday Mercury reported that Abujihaad's first link to terrorism came at the Maktabah Al Ansar bookstore in Sparkhill, Birmingham, England.[16]
He is imprisoned at United States Penitentiary, Coleman in Florida.[17]
References
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sailor jailed for supporting terrorism, Independentonline.com; accessed May 5, 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ex-Sailor Convicted in Terror Case, Associated Press, breitbart.com; accessed May 5, 2015.
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- ↑ BOP register# 86496-008
External links
- FBI Hassan Abu-Jihaad conviction, fbi.gov, March 10, 2008
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