Founder of radical Islamic website gets 2½ years

Published April 25, 2014 7:52pm ET



ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The founder of a radical Islamic website that praised figures like Osama bin Laden and Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan has been sentenced to 2½ years in prison for using the site to threaten against Jewish groups.

Yousef al-Khattab, of Atlantic City, N.J., who converted from Judaism, started the Revolution Muslim website in 2007.

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