(Times of India) A former jihadist operative from the US who had allegedly attended proscribed terror outfit Lashker e Taiba’s training camp in Pakistan in 2000, helped other jihadists gain entry to these camps and engaged in terrorist activities in Kashmir, including firing at Indian positions, has been appointed by the Donald Trump regime to the White House Advisory Board of Lay Leaders.
Ismail Royer and Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, co-founder of Zaytuna College, were listed despite their alleged affiliations with Islamic jihadists and proscribed terror groups including LeT, al Qaeda and Hamas, according to US investigative journalist [Laura] Loomer. Royer, who was [Randall] Royer till he converted to Islam in 2000, was convicted by a US court in 2004 and handed a 20-year jail sentence for terrorist activities that targeted Americans — specifically, as part of the Virginia jihadi network.
