At least two Justice Department officials raised concerns that the case infringed on the sheik's First Amendment rights to free speech.
The sheik's wife, who covers her hair and face in traditional Islamic garb, was uncomfortable with the incomplete barrier, Mr. Abu-Khadijeh says.
The sheik's aide, Mohammed Allababidi, says those affidavits are lies.
Mr. Sheik's music softens and sentimentalizes the script, and he has trouble with the vigorous rhythms of Auden's verse, but at their best his plaintive songs are dramatically effective.
This month, when Mr. Morsi dispersed protesters outside the U.S. Embassy in Cairo (following a telephone scolding from President Obama), he left in place those protesting the Blind Sheik's continued confinement.
But Mr. Ghali says he vetoed the idea, snapping at Mr. Abu-Khadijeh: "We run the mosque, not Sheik Safwat's wife!"
Before being slapped with a temporary restraining order, Sheik Safwat's group changed the locks on the mosque, commandeered the podium during prayers and removed several computers and translation headsets to their new headquarters around the corner, according to sworn affidavits filed in court.
Last November, Qatar's emir, Sheik Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, opened the I.
Mubarak and the U.S. president took no questions from reporters during their brief joint statements in the Egyptian resort area of Sharm el-Sheik -- Bush's final stop before boarding Air Force One and heading back to Washington.
Farooq Abdullah, the son and political heir of Sheik Abdullah, is now the state's elected chief minister.
Sheik Salah al-Obaydi, head of Sadr's media committee, says they have dealt with the rogue elements.
"You have to start somewhere, " said Sheik Shah, an Irving resident who emigrated to the U.S. from India and is now an American citizen.
Fawaz Abu-Khadijeh, a cabdriver who is a regular at the mosque, recalls Sheik Safwat asking him for curtains to further seal off the women's prayer area, then separated from the main hall by an eight-foot wall.
Sheik Meshal then describes how he says he used his influence on UBS's behalf, placing a series of telephone calls that he says led to the demise of Vivendi's bid.
The U.S. military said the targeted Awakening Council leader was Samir Ibrahim, not Sheik Hamad.
Clinton's visit came two weeks after Mr. Morsi's inaugural speech in Cairo's Tahrir Square, in which he promised to seek the release of the Blind Sheik.
The early favorite is Hunter's Light, who drew No. 4, and also comes from the stables of Sheik Mohammed.
Rigoletto is a nasty, Don Rickles-style comedian, the Duke's lapdog, alternately encouraged and kicked, whose mockery of Monterone (here, a sheik), whose daughter has been raped by the Duke, comes back to haunt him when his own daughter, Gilda, is taken and destroyed.
Mr. Ghali says he resented Sheik Safwat using the mosque to raise money for Mideast causes, drawing funds away from the Islamic Society's own needs.
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