(Middle East Eye) Mohammad el-Mezain, a Palestinian resident in the US, was released from detention and subsequently deported to Turkey after serving more than a decade in an American prison, following a controversial case in which he and others involved in a Muslim charity were accused of funding terrorism.
Mezain’s daughter, Tasnim, confirmed the news in a Facebook post on Thursday evening, saying that he was free after nearly a year in detention at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centre as well as a 15-year prison sentence. Mezain’s family confirmed to MEE that he was deported to Turkey.
“I ask Allah SWT to give me the abilities to compensate him with all that I can for the years spent away from me and my family and his grandchildren. I cannot wait to pray with him and hear his beautiful voice,” Eman el-Mezain, his other daughter, told MEE in a written statement.
