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One of two Minnesota women facing charges of raising money for the al Qaeda-affiliated Somali group al-Shabaab was cited for criminal contempt on Monday after refusing to stand as a federal judge entered the courtroom.
Amina Farah Ali, who became a U.S. citizen in 2004 and lived in Rochester, Minnesota, cited religious grounds for refusing to stand when Chief Judge Michael Davis entered the courtroom for the start of jury selection in her trial.
In all, Davis counted 10 instances of contempt after Ali refused to stand as court was called to order or recessed, and sentenced her to serve five days for each, consecutively, after the trial concludes.