DEARBORN — Attorney Majed Moughni testified in a trial via video conference on Wednesday against Ali Charaf Damache, who is on trial in Ireland  for threatening to kill Swedesh artist Lars Vilks, a man who drew a caricature depicting prophet Muhammad as a dog. Damache allegedly threatened to kill Moughni after he had organized an anti-terrorism rally in Detroit in January 2010.

Moughni alleges that he received a telephone death threat following the protest he organized in 2010 outside of the federal courthouse in Detroit, where a hearing was being held for Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, also known as the underwear bomber. Abdulmutallab was later convicted of attempting to blow up an airplane coming to Detroit on Christmas of 2009.

Charaf Damache under Ireland custody.

Damache allegedly phoned Moughni and told him  “I would put a bullet in your head … when I catch you, you will pay,” according to the Detroit Free Press. Moughni said he had feared for his entire family’s safety after receiving the threat.

In a recording of the conversation, Damache, a native of Algeria who lived in Ireland, is heard telling Moughni he was betraying Islam by holding the anti-terrorism rally against the underwear bomber. Moughni replied that he was the one standing up for his religion by speaking out against terrorism.

In addition to the charges in Ireland, prosecutors in the U.S. hope to have Damache extradited into the country for further charges. They have charged him with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and also with identity theft to faciliate international terrorism. According to the U.S. indictment, Damache wanted to train people in terror camps abroad and then “come back to Europe to do the job … The job is to knock down some individuals that are harming Islam.”

Prosecutors say that Damache also worked with Colleen LaRose, a woman originally from Romulus who converted to Islam and was known as Jihad Jane. LaRose pleaded guilty to terrorism charges in 2011 and awaits sentencing.