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Muslim Chaplain Smuggled Box-Cutters Into Jail
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Sabrina Jaszi
Published Feb 3, 2010
Modified Feb 3, 2010
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More trouble at the Tombs! Today cops arrested a Muslim chaplain for smuggling box cutters into the jail in lower Manhattan. Imam Zul-Qarnain Shahid has worked as a spiritual adviser for the city Department of Corrections for three years, and now he may face a prison term of his own. Sources say Sahid was caught this morning attempting to bring three box-cutters into the prison, though so far it's not known why he brought them or for whom, reports the Post. It's not the first scandal to hit the Tombs: last year a chaplain at the facility organized a catered prison bar mitzvah for the son of an inmate, hosting a band and a long guest list of non-inmates.
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