Biography
Omar Abdi Mohamed was a Somali preacher paid $1,700 a month by the Saudi government to promote Wahhabism at a Somali social center. He set up a small charity to help famine victims in Somalia, and the charity received more than $326,000 from the Global Relief foundation, a terrorist-financing entity linked to Al Qaeda. He also received $5,000 from Al Haramain Islamic Foundation, a Saudi-supported charity.
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Case
San Diego MCC
