The FBI arrested a Florida doctor and New York martial arts expert on federal terrorism charges, saying they conspired to treat and train al Qaeda terrorists, federal prosecutors announced Sunday. Dr.

Tarik Shah, who played with jazz greats in his youth, spent years behind bars after pleading guilty to plotting to teach martial arts to Qaeda fighters. Now he is out and working on a comeback. By ...

Two U.S. citizens accused of being al Qaeda loyalists were each ordered held without bail Tuesday as they appeared in federal courtrooms in New York and Florida. Tarik Shah, 42, of New York, waved and ...

NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, October 7, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Award-winning filmmaker Barry Rubinow examines the collision of art, injustice, and resilience in ...

“Tarik Shah is the jazz bassist and martial arts teacher held since last May in solitary confinement and without bail set on suspicion of terrorist activity. He is a journeyman musician, no star, and ...

A jazz musician from the Bronx pleaded guilty yesterday to pledging to use his martial arts training to help Al Qaeda. Tarik Shah emerged at the center of a wide-ranging terrorism sting operation that ...

NEW YORK — The FBI arrested a Florida doctor and a New York martial arts expert on federal terrorism charges, saying they conspired to treat and train terrorists, prosecutors announced Sunday. Rafiq ...

Tarik Shah started playing the bass at age 12 in the Bronx, toured with jazz legend Betty Carter and played with the Duke Ellington Orchestra. He has a collection of electric bass guitars in his ...