http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/alturki/ en-us Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:35:03 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992893/posts RIYADH, 28 March 2008 — Shoura Council Chairman Dr. Saleh Bin-Humaid has urged US authorities to review the case of Homaidan Al-Turki, a 37-year-old Saudi student who was found guilty in a Colorado state court of 12 counts of sexually assaulting his Indonesian maid. “The Saudi people sympathize with Homaidan Al-Turki and they closely follow up his case,” the Shoura chief said and hoped for a speedy end to the issue. He also emphasized the Kingdom’s respect for American justice. Al-Turki, a former Ph.D. student at the University of Colorado, maintains that he did not sexually assault the woman, whose... Arab News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992893/posts#comment Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:35:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1693611/posts A Saudi man convicted of sexually assaulting an Indonesian housekeeper and keeping her as a virtual slave was sentenced yesterday to 27 years to life in prison in Colorado. Homaidan Al-Turki, the 37-year-old Saudi national, denied the charges and blamed anti-Muslim prejudice for the case against him. He said prosecutors persuaded the housekeeper to accuse him after they failed to build a case that he was a terrorist. Al-Turki, who was studying for a doctoral degree at the University of Colorado, was convicted June 30 of unlawful sexual contact by use of force, theft and extortion. All are felonies. He... arab news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1693611/posts#comment Fri, 1 Sep 2006 06:03:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1658722/posts ARAPAHOE COUNTY - A jury late this afternoon convicted a Saudi man accused of kidnapping, extorting, and sexually abusing a 24-year-old woman who came from Saudi Arabia six years ago as a cook and nanny. Rocky Mountain News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1658722/posts#comment Sat, 1 Jul 2006 00:19:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1507503/posts A Saudi man living in Aurora has been under investigation for possible links to terrorism, according to his attorneys. Homaidan Al-Turki was already facing state and federal charges for enslaving and sexually assaulting an Indonesian maid. Al-Turki, 37, is a graduate student at the University of Colorado, studying linguistics. He’s been in the United States since 1995. That’s when his lawyers said the investigation started.... Federal Court documents filed by Al-Turki’s attorneys detail the investigation against him. The documents claim the Denver Joint Terrorism Task Force has had Al-Turki under a “full fledge investigation” suspecting “he is closely aligned to... cbs4denver http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1507503/posts#comment Sun, 23 Oct 2005 02:02:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/812474/posts MWL seeks apology By a Staff Writer MAKKAH, 26 December 2002 — The Muslim World League yesterday condemned a media campaign in the United States against Islam, particularly against the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), and expressed the strong displeasure of the entire Muslim community at such vilification and insinuations. League Secretary-General Abdullah Al-Turki was reacting to the publication of a caricature by Doug Marlette in the Tallahassee Democrat, showing an Arab driving a lorry resembling the truck used by the Oklahoma bomber Thomas McVeigh in his attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Building. The cartoon showed the truck... Arab News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/812474/posts#comment Thu, 26 Dec 2002 15:31:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/993596/posts <p>WASHINGTON - The Pentagon is investigating a trip by 100 Muslim members of the U.S. armed forces for a pilgrimage to Mecca that was paid for by a Saudi charity accused of financing al Qaeda, The Post has learned.</p> <p>The so-called "Hajj Tour" in March 2001 for Muslim servicemen and chaplains was organized by the Muslim World League, a major charity group financed in part by the Saudi royal family and which is dedicated to the spread of Wahhabism, the extreme form of Islam embraced by Osama bin Laden.</p> New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/993596/posts#comment Thu, 2 Oct 2003 09:33:55 GMT