Yassin M. Aref
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The two mosque leaders, Yassin M. Aref, 35, and Mohammed M. Hossain, 50, were charged with conspiring with a government informant to take part in what they believed was a plot to import a shoulder-fired missile and assassinate a Pakistani diplomat. The arrest of Mr. Aref, an Islamic scholar who is the imam of Masjid As-Salaam in Albany, and Mr. Hossain on Aug. 5, 2004, came after a yearlong sting operation in which the informant posed as a terrorist. Mr. Aref was free on bail for 13 months, but he was sent to prison to await trial after the government brought new charges.