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US President Donald Trump has drawn sharp criticism for appointing two individuals with ties to terrorist groups to the White House Advisory Board of Lay Leaders.
Ismail Royer, a convicted jihadist linked to Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), and Shaykh Hamza Yusuf were named to the panel despite their controversial histories, raising concerns about vetting processes and security implications.
Ismail Royer, formerly known as Rendell Royer, converted to Islam in the early 1990s and later trained at a LeT camp in Pakistan in 2000.
US court documents reveal he aided co-conspirators in joining LeT, a group designated...