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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Judge Complies With 9/11 Plotters’ Request to Delay Trial For Muslim Holy Period

A U.S. military judge agreed Monday to postpone the next court hearings at the Guantanamo Bay prison for five men charged in the Sept. 11 attacks to avoid a conflict with the Muslim holy period of Ramadan.

The judge issued a short order postponing the next pretrial hearings at the U.S. base in Cuba until Aug. 22-26 at the request of all five defendants, said James Connell, a lawyer for one of the accused.

The hearings had been scheduled to run from Aug. 8-12, which fall during the last 10 days of Ramadan, a period in which devout Muslims fast during the day and pray during the night. That would make it difficult for the accused to participate in their defense, said Connell, a lawyer for Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

OH BS. All they do during ramadan is skip lunch. They eat a large breakfast and dinner. What does this have to do with court during the day.

Anonymous said...

Was wondering the same 5:11. OTOH after so long in Gitmo, what's another 10 days?

Anonymous said...

Precedent? (maybe anybody's trial can be postponed because of Christmas, or Easter, or...)