Earnest James Ujaama, a Muslim convert raised in Seattle, Washington, was sentenced on February 13, 2004, to two years in prison for aiding the Taliban, a movement formed in Afghanistan by extremists who embrace a radical interpretation of Islam.

Ujaama, 38, was arrested in July 2002 by the FBI in Denver after an investigation into the now-defunct Dar-us-Salaam Mosque in Seattle. He was initially charged with planning to open a terrorist training camp in Bly, Oregon, and with a weapons violation.

The government dropped those charges last year and filed other charges alleging that Ujaama brought money, computer equipment and a recruit to Taliban officials in Afghanistan. In 2003, Ujaama pleaded guilty in federal court in Seattle to assisting the Taliban.

Ujaama agreed to cooperate with investigators in exchange for the two-year sentence. At the sentencing, Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Hamilton said that Ujaama "has provided substantial assistance to the [U.S.] government against significant targets."

Ujaama has already served most of his sentence and is scheduled to be released July 22.