Islamic scholar convicted for inciting followers to jihad News
Islamic scholar convicted for inciting followers to jihad

[JURIST] A prominent Islamic scholar was convicted Tuesday by a Virginia jury on 10 counts [indictment PDF; JURIST report] of encouraging his followers to fight a holy war against the US and join the Taliban in the wake of the September 11 terror attacks. Ali al-Timimi [pro-al-Timimi profile; Support Committee website], 41, a lecturer at the Center for Islamic Information and Education [official website] in Falls Church, Virginia, could face life imprisonment. US District Judge Leonie Brinkema, who has also presided over the Zacarias Moussaoui case. set al-Timimi's bail at $75,000 and allowed him to go free subject to electronic monitoring pending sentencing in July. AP has more.

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UN General Assembly approves Palestine partition plan

The UN General Assembly approved UN Resolution Resolution 181 (II) on November 29, 1947, recommending that the British Mandate for Palestine be split into a Jewish state, an Arab state, and an international zone for Jerusalem. The vote in the assembly was 33 for to 13 against, with 10 abstentions. The resolution sparked a war between Palestinian Arabs and Jews in 1947 and a wider war after Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, and Lebanon invaded the new State of Israel in 1948. Read Resolution 181 (II).

UN divided Palestine between Arabs and Jews

On November 29, 1947, the UN General Assembly voted to partition Palestine into Jewish and Arab territories, leading to the establishment of a Jewish state the following year. Read UN General Assembly Resolution 181.

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