<p>The US government accuses 76-year-old Hafiz Muhammed Sher Ali Khan, four of his relatives and another person of funneling money and providing support to the group branded by Washington as a foreign terrorist organization.<br /><br />Khan is the leader of Miami's oldest mosque. His attorney, Khurrum Wahid, expressed concern about his client being kept in jail.<br /><br />"He's 76 years old and has health issues -- heart and cholesterol problems," the lawyer said yesterday.<br /><br />The Pakistani Taliban is engaged in a violent resistance against the Pakistani and US governments. It also has links to al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan.<br /><br />One of Khan's sons, 24-year-old Izhar Khan, also appeared in court for the first time yesterday since their indictment was unsealed. He is also an imam at a Florida mosque.<br />US Magistrate Judge Barry Garber scheduled another hearing for May 23.<br /><br />The six defendants are all Pakistanis, although some of them have US citizenship.<br />The indictment unveiled Saturday names the older Khan, two sons (Irfan and Izhar Khan), daughter Amina Khan, grandson Alam Zeb and another individual, Ali Rehman.<br /><br />The arrests and charges against the Pakistanis come amid heightened tensions between Washington and Islamabad following a US commando raid that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden at his hideout deep in Pakistan.</p>
<p>The US government accuses 76-year-old Hafiz Muhammed Sher Ali Khan, four of his relatives and another person of funneling money and providing support to the group branded by Washington as a foreign terrorist organization.<br /><br />Khan is the leader of Miami's oldest mosque. His attorney, Khurrum Wahid, expressed concern about his client being kept in jail.<br /><br />"He's 76 years old and has health issues -- heart and cholesterol problems," the lawyer said yesterday.<br /><br />The Pakistani Taliban is engaged in a violent resistance against the Pakistani and US governments. It also has links to al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan.<br /><br />One of Khan's sons, 24-year-old Izhar Khan, also appeared in court for the first time yesterday since their indictment was unsealed. He is also an imam at a Florida mosque.<br />US Magistrate Judge Barry Garber scheduled another hearing for May 23.<br /><br />The six defendants are all Pakistanis, although some of them have US citizenship.<br />The indictment unveiled Saturday names the older Khan, two sons (Irfan and Izhar Khan), daughter Amina Khan, grandson Alam Zeb and another individual, Ali Rehman.<br /><br />The arrests and charges against the Pakistanis come amid heightened tensions between Washington and Islamabad following a US commando raid that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden at his hideout deep in Pakistan.</p>