2 jihadists, one with Lashkar-e-Taiba hyperlink, on Trump’s White House panel | India News

NEW DELHI: Two former jihadist operatives from the US, one of whom allegedly even attended Lashkar-e-Taiba’s coaching camp in Pakistan in 2000, and engaged in terrorist actions in Kashmir, together with firing at Indian positions, have been appointed by the Trump regime to the White House Advisory Board of Lay Leaders.Ismail Royer and Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, co-founder of Zaytuna College, have been listed regardless of their alleged affiliations with Islamic jihadists and proscribed terror teams, mentioned Lara Loomer, a outstanding ally of US President Donald Trump.Royer obtained 5 skilled in terror in PakistanLoomer, who was an enormous issue within the sacking of Trump’s National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, termed the appointment of Royer as “insane”. As per a White House assertion, Royer serves as director of the Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team for the Religious Freedom Institute.Royer, who was Rendell Royer until he transformed to Islam in 2000, was convicted by a US court docket in 2004 and handed a 20-year jail sentence for terrorist actions that focused Americans — particularly, as a part of the ‘Virginia Jihadi Network’. He was investigated by the FBI and in 2003, indicted on terrorism-related prices, together with conspiracy to wage struggle towards the US and offering materials assist to al-Qaida and LeT. He pleaded responsible in 2004 to aiding and abetting the usage of firearms and explosives, receiving a 20-year sentence however serving solely 13 years, Loomer posted on X on Saturday.In his plea settlement, Royer admitted to aiding and abetting co-defendant Masoud Khan, Yong Ki Kwon, Muhammed Aatique, and Khwaja Mahmoud Hasan in gaining entry to a terrorist coaching camp in Pakistan operated by LeT, the place they skilled in the usage of varied weapons, together with semi-automatic pistols.Royer additionally admitted to serving to co-defendant Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Hamdi achieve entry to the LeT camp, the place Al-Hamdi acquired coaching in the usage of a rocket-propelled grenade in furtherance of a conspiracy to conduct army operations towards India.Loomer mentioned a second appointee to the advisory board — described by the White House as co-founder of Zaytuna College, the primary accredited Muslim liberal arts faculty within the US, and an adviser to the Center for Islamic Studies at Berkeley’s Graduate Theological Union — additionally has a jihadi background. “I like to inform you that Shaykh Hamza Yusuf @yusuf is also a jihadi who has lied about the true definition of jihad and is affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas. Zaytuna College, which was co-founded by Hamza Yusuf @sh_hamzayusuf , teaches Sharia Law,” she posted.