The Al-Ihsan mosque in Minneapolis advocated for one of its brothers AFTER he was convicted for raping a little girl.
The Al-Ihsan Islamic Center said Dirie has faced "the challenge of starting over in a new culture."
An Islamic center in St. Paul, Minn. has written a letter of support to lessen the sentence of a Somalian child rapist. The man abducted the 12-year-old girl from her backyard, bashed her over the head, and transported her in his car, where he raped her before she was able to escape.
Qalinle Dirie, 42, was convicted for raping the girl and was sentenced to 12 years in prison. He was found guilty by a jury trial of first-degree sexual conduct. After the conviction, the Al-Ihsan Islamic Center submitted letters of support for Dirie.