Ms. Stewart would visit him in prison, where he was serving a life sentence in solitary confinement. Ms. Stewart was convicted in 2005 of helping to smuggle messages from the imprisoned sheikh to his violent followers in Egypt. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyMany mainstream lawyers who believed that Ms. Stewart had acted criminally nonetheless argued that the charges of abetting terrorism were excessive. PhotoWhile many people denounced such admiration or were bewildered by it, Ms. Stewart had no trouble with it from her radical-left perspective. Interviewed by The Times in 2008 — while she remained free during her appeal — Ms. Stewart was asked if she had second thoughts about her actions.

Source: New York Times March 08, 2017 04:58 UTC