Fawaz Mohammed Damrah ( , '' Fawwāz Damra '' ) was the imam of the Islamic Center of Parma , the largest mosque in the Cleveland area and taught at Cleveland State University and the local community college . Damra was born in the West Bank city of Nablus in 1961 . He studied law in Jordan . He arrived in the United States in the mid-1980s and was an active religious figure in the Muslim American community . In January 2004 Damra was arrested by federal officials on an immigration violation and he was ultimately denaturalized and deported back to the West Bank . He has three daughters who were all born in the United States . Before moving to Ohio , Damra had also served as an imam at the al-Farooq mosque in Brooklyn , New York between 1986 and 1990 . During the 1990s he was praised for outreach efforts in Jewish and Christian communities . He continued these interfaith efforts after the September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Fawaz Damrah