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• 28 Jul 08
  

  liveinfreedom .

  "These are my friends, my students," he said. "I trained some of them... I've visited almost all jails where there are detainees in terrorist cases."
  
  But Abbas was not here to plot new attacks. Instead he had come to try to persuade his friends to follow his example and renounce violence.

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  • "They are tempting people away from their faith with dollars, and trying to lead other weaker people astray. They will be judged by God."
  • "He's not a traitor. He's helping his friends. How can we convert people to Islam through violence?"
  • "Some of them call me traitor, infidel," he said, adding that he often received threatening text messages. "I'm taking a risk, but I'm not afraid."

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