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Islamic Scholar’s Post-Sept. 11 Convictions Are Tossed on Free Speech Grounds

Federal judges ruled that an Islamic teacher’s statements goading men in Virginia to join an overseas militant group were protected by the First Amendment.

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Ali al-Tamimi, center, outside a courthouse in Alexandria, Va., during his trial in 2005, had his remaining convictions tossed out 20 years later.
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