US President Donald Trump’s official residence White House has formed an Advisory Board of Lay Leaders. This board includes former Lashkar terrorist Ismail Royer and extremist Sheikh Hamza Yusuf. Ismail Royer has served 13 years in prison on serious charges related to terrorism. Trump’s close aide Laura Loomer has called these appointments on Twitter crazy. In her post, Laura alleged that these appointments were not made by President Trump, but by his staff. Royer took terrorist training from Lashkar-e-Taiba, remained in jail for 13 years In 2003, the US investigative agency FBI had accused Royer of terrorism. These included conspiracy to wage war against America and providing physical support to Al-Qaeda and Lashkar-e-Taiba in 2003. According to the Washington Post report, Ismail Royer converted to Islam in 1992. Ismail’s original name was Rendell Royer. In 2000, he attended a Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist training camp in Pakistan, the same organization that carried out the 2008 Mumbai attacks. After the 9/11 attacks of 2001, Royer became a prominent member of the ‘Virginia Jihad Network’. This network organized paintball training for jihad and arranged weapons training at Lashkar-e-Taiba camps to support the Taliban. In 2004, Royer pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the use of explosives. For which he was sentenced to 20 years, but he was released in 2017 after 13 years. White House formed Religious Liberty Commission on May 1 The White House said on May 16, 2025 that the Religious Liberty Commission was formed on May 1, 2025. Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick is its chairman, and Dr. Ben Carson is the vice chairman. The commission has three advisory boards: religious leaders, legal experts, and lay leaders. Royer and Yusuf have been appointed to the Lay Leaders Board. According to the White House, Royer worked with non-profit organizations and promoted peace among different religions. Apart from this, the White House talked about a book by Royer “Religious Violence Today: Faith and Conflict in the Modern World”. In this book, Royer co-wrote an article on Islam. According to the White House, Sheikh Hamza was ranked among the 500 most influential Muslims (the most influential Islamic scholars in the Western world) for a decade. During the first Trump administration, Sheikh Hamza served on the State Department Commission. Laura Loomer- Sheikh Hamza’s college teaches Sharia law Laura Loomer also made serious allegations against the second appointed member of the board, Sheikh Hamza Yusuf. Yusuf is the co-founder of America’s first accredited Muslim liberal arts college, Zaytuna College. Along with this, Sheikh Hamza is an advisor at the Center for Islamic Studies at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. Loomer claimed on X that Yousuf is a jihadist, he has links with organizations like Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas. Laura also said that Zaytuna College teaches Sharia law. However, no concrete evidence or legal action related to terrorism is publicly available against Yousuf. —————— Read this news too… Trump will give US citizenship to reality show winner: Migrant contestants will have to do tasks like gold mining and river rafting Another ‘out of the box’ idea of ??US President Donald Trump has come to the fore. US citizenship can now be obtained not only through legal process and skill documents, but also through reality TV shows like Bigg Boss. Read full news…
