Tarik Shah
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Tarik Shah Shah
The evidence that prosecutors presented at Mr. Farhane's bail hearing added significant substance to the government's case against him and three other defendants, including Tarik Shah, a New York jazz musician and martial arts instructor who also is Muslim. Mr. Shah, 43, was arrested and charged with conspiring to teach martial arts to members of Al Qaeda. Based on an F.B.I. sting, prosecutors were accusing Mr. Shah of agreeing with an undercover F.B.I. informer to train Qaeda fighters in hand-to-hand combat. But the government did not claim that Mr. Shah had met or had contact with any terrorist operative. In a letter on Thursday to Judge Preska, Mr. Hou wrote that Mr. Farhane, after he was arrested Oct. 26, told investigators that he had introduced Mr. Shah to the informer to help him send money to jihadists overseas. Tarik Shah, 43, a New York jazz musician and martial arts instructor who also is Muslim, was arrested on the charge of conspiring to teach martial arts to members of Al Qaeda. Based on an F.B.I. sting, prosecutors were accusing Mr. Shah of agreeing with an undercover F.B.I. informer to train Qaeda fighters in hand-to-hand combat. But the government did not claim that Mr. Shah had met or had contact with any terrorist operative. In a letter to Judge Preska, Mr. Hou wrote that Mr. Farhane, after he was arrested, told investigators that he had introduced Mr. Shah to the informer to help him send money to jihadists overseas.