Fawaz Damra, the radical Cleveland imam on trial for hiding terrorist ties on his citizenship application, has been found guilty. (Hat tip: Scootran.)

AKRON — The leader of Ohio’s largest mosque was found guilty of lying to become a U.S. Citizen on Thursday.

Imam Fawaz Mohammed Damra left the courthouse with his wife by his side and surrounded by dozens of supporters. Damra is free for now but that could change when he returns for his sentencing September 9th.

A jury of eight women and four men say the religious cleric lied to become a citizen a decade ago. Damra stayed still as the verdict was read. Now he faces the possibility of losing his citizenship, being deported and possibly imprisoned.

Prosecutors argued Damra lied when answering two questions on his citizenship application. The first asked to list memberships or affiliations with different organizations. He failed to list three groups the prosecution called fronts for terrorism in the Middle East.

A 1991 video was played for the jury that shows Damra fundraising for what was billed as a charity. The prosecution tied the group the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a group the U.S. Government classified as a terrorist organization in 1995.

The defense claimed Damra didn’t have to list an affiliation with this group because they say he was not a member but merely helping to raise money for Palestinian orphans.

That was a claim the jury had a tough time believing.