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Former S. Side mosque official pleads guilty to meth charges September 4, 2005 BY NATASHA KORECKI, Federal Courts Reporter The onetime treasurer of a Chicago mosque with ties to two people accused of funding terrorism admitted he delivered drugs to an undercover federal agent. Tariq Isa, 57, of Cicero pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy to distribute and attempted distribution of pseudoephedrine, knowing it was intended to be used to make methamphetamine. Isa is the third member of the Al Qassam Mosque, also known as the Chicago Islamic Center, on the South Side, to face federal charges. Two other former mosque...

A leader of a mosque on Chicago's South Side has been ordered held on charges he trafficked a chemical used to make the illegal narcotic methamphetamine.U.S. District Judge Amy St. Eve ordered that Tariq Isa, 55, remain in custody Tuesday without bail. She said Isa had an incentive to flee because a conviction would carry a lengthy prison term.Isa was arrested Aug. 5 as he arrived at O'Hare International Airport from the Middle East, authorities said. A two-count indictment charging Isa with distributing almost 1.73 million tablets of pseudoephedrine was returned in May but was sealed until his arrest.According to...