Sami Al-Arian, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Sami Al-Arian

Palestinian and Muslim civil rights activist

Date of Birth: 14-Jan-1958

Place of Birth: Kuwait

Profession: politician, activist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Sami Amin Al-Arian (Arabic: ???? ???? ????????; born January 14, 1958) is a Palestinian civil rights activist who was a computer engineering professor at University of South Florida.
During the Clinton administration and Bush administration, he was invited to the White House.
He actively campaigned for the Bush presidential campaign in the United States presidential election in 2000. After a contentious interview with Bill O'Reilly on The O'Reilly Factor following the September 11 attacks, Al-Arian's tenure at University of South Florida came under public scrutiny. He was indicted in February 2003 on 17 counts under the Patriot Act.
A jury acquitted him on 8 counts and deadlocked on the remaining 9 counts.
He later struck a plea bargain and admitted to one of the remaining charges in exchange for being released and deported by April 2007.
However, as his release date approached, a federal prosecutor in Virginia demanded he testify before a grand jury in a separate case, which he refused to do, claiming it would violate his plea deal.
He was held under house arrest in Northern Virginia from 2008 until 2014 when federal prosecutors filed a motion to dismiss charges against him.He was deported to Turkey on February 4, 2015.