Was Craig Wearing a Mike at the Mosque?

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"The absurdity of craig's mission and his approach to all this becomes very, very serious all of a sudden one day," says Niazi. "He would record his interactions with them when he escalates his tactics." The first thing that came into my mind that i thought that he's straight shot torist", adds Niazi about the man who scared her so much she refused to talk at all.

A bodybuilder posing as a Muslim convert was welcomed into a California mosque. When he showed signs of extremism, members reported him to the FBI, only to learn that he was their informant. Now, their story is before the Supreme Court.

Today’s show was produced by Haleema Shah, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Cristian Ayala and Paul Mounsey, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Will Reid and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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