Editorial Reviews - Puerto Rican People by Religion From the Publisher Chapters: Puerto Rican Christians, Puerto Rican Jews, Puerto Rican Muslims, Puerto Rican Vodou Practitioners, Puerto Rican Atheists, David Blaine, Geraldo Rivera, José Padilla, Joaquin Phoenix, Jewish Immigration to Puerto Rico, Brenda K. Starr, Héctor Delgado, Frankie Ruiz, Vico C, Richard Auguste Morse, Hila Levy, Manny Lehman, Raphy Leavitt, Micol Ostow, Tony Dize, Rachel Ticotin, Ari Meyers, Raquel Castro, Julio Kaplan, Anthony Romero, Axel Anderson, Mathias Brugman, Jorge Seijo, Quiara Alegría Hudes, Nina Tassler, Sahaj. Excerpt: José Padilla (born October 18, 1970), also known as Abdullah al-Muhajir or Muhajir Abdullah, is a United States citizen convicted of aiding terrorists. Padilla was arrested in Chicago on May 8, 2002, and was detained as a material witness until June 9, 2002, when President George W. Bush designated him an illegal enemy combatant and transferred him to a military prison, arguing that he was thereby not entitled to trial in civilian courts. Padilla was held for three-and-a-half years as an "enemy combatant" after his arrest in 2002 on suspicion of plotting a radioactive "Dirty bomb" attack. That charge was dropped and his case was moved to a civilian court after pressure from civil liberties groups. On January 3, 2006, he was transferred to a Miami, Florida, jail to face criminal conspiracy charges. On August 16, 2007, José Padilla was found guilty, by a federal jury, of charges against him that he conspired to kill people in an overseas jihad and to fund and support overseas terrorism. He was widely described in media as a suspect of planning to build and explode a "dirty bomb" in the United States, but he was ultimately neither charged of this crime, nor convicted on such a charge. On January 22, 2008, Padilla was senten... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=271300 Synopsis Chapters: Puerto Rican Christians, Pue