Son of Hamas granted Asylum in USA
Well, I was on a tradmill in Cambodia when I saw an antogonistic interview of Mosab Hassan Yousef. He witnessed clearly and boldly to his faith in Christ. When I returned to the USA, I read his book. I am so pleased to read of his asylum. Chrisitianity Today, posted this on their blog:
Here’s what the news wires are reporting:
The son of a Hamas founder who became a Christian and an Israeli spy will be granted U.S. asylum after he passes a routine background check, an immigration judge ruled Wednesday.
Mosab Hassan Yousef got the good news during a 15-minute deportation hearing after a U.S. Department of Homeland Security attorney said the government was dropping its objections.
The agency denied Yousef’s asylum request in February 2009, arguing that he had been involved in terrorism and was a threat to the United States. Attorney Kerri Calcador gave no explanation for the government’s change of heart. The immigration judge, Rico Bartolomei, ruled that Yousef will be allowed to remain in the United States after he is fingerprinted and passes a routine background check. Yousef, who has been living in San Diego, was cheered by supporters as he left the hearing and said he would like to become a U.S. citizen.
Supporters called him a hero, not a terrorist. “For 10 years, he fought terrorism in secret, hiding what he was doing and who he was,” his attorney, Steven Seick, wrote in a court filing. “He deserves a safe place away from violence and fear.” Yousef, 32, had argued that he would be killed if he was deported because he spied on the militant group for Israel’s Shin Bet security’s intelligence agency and abandoned Islam