Muslet (center) with his attorneys.

FLORIDA – A Muslim Man in Palm
Beach has been acquitted from charges after a 65-year-old man believed he was a ‘radical Muslim’ who posed a threat on him during a brief encounter.

50-year-old Yousef Mohammad Muslet
was found not-guilty of burglary with a battery and battery on a person 65
years old. Muslet was facing up to life in prison for talking about Allah, and
shaking the man’s hand.

The incident occurred in December
2015 when Muslet was outside of his home with his children and two men leaving
his neighbor’s party stopped their truck to honk at kids in the street.

Dressed in traditional Islamic
attire, Muslet approached the truck, introduced himself, shook the driver’s
hand and briefly spoke with the driver about Islam and his desire to visit the
local Baptist church.

But then nine days later, Muslet
was arrested at his home after being identified by Hal Howard, the truck’s
driver.

Howard claimed that Muslet shook
him violently through his truck window as he tried to leave the party. He told
police that he believed Muslet was a ‘radical Muslim’ because he kept talking
about ‘Allah’ during their brief encounter.

 In court, Howard mentioned that his
reasons for reporting had everything to do with Muslet being a Muslim.

 Howard waited nine days to call the
police and only then because he was scared Muslet was “a radical Muslim.”

Muslet had always maintained that
he peacefully shook the driver’s hand, never once coming off in an intimidating
manner.

On Wednesday September 7th, and
after five hours of hearing witnesses’ testimonies and recorded evidence, the
Palm Beach County judge confirmed that a conversation about God and a handshake
should not be considered a crime and acquitted Muslet.

“CAIR-Florida will do
everything in its power to ensure Mr. Muslet is made whole again after this
glaring injustice,” said CAIR-Florida’s Civil Rights Director Thania
Clevenger.

“Handshakes are meant to bring
us together; not tear us apart,” said Lead Defense Counsel Flynn Bertisch.