The 55-year-old blind and diabetic Egyptian cleric who speaks little English has said he would represent himself rather than accept a lawyer he did not want.

They were not, the lawyers say, all devoted followers of Mr. Abdel Rahman, the blind Egyptian cleric who preaches against secular governments.

The sheik, a blind Islamic cleric from Egypt, is serving a life sentence for his role in a 1993 plot to bomb New York City landmarks.

But there was no sign of anyone connected with the blind Islamic cleric.

Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, a blind Muslim cleric from Egypt, often preached at the mosque.

The man, Ahmed Abdel-Rahman, is a son of a blind cleric who was convicted in 1995 of plotting to blow up New York landmarks.

Omar Abdel-Rahman, the blind Egyptian cleric who was the convicted ringleader of the 1993 attack, preached there.

After the blind cleric had held forth, they collected seven to eight thousand dollars.

The militants prevailed, and the blind cleric was installed.

He ran into two friends from Cairo who were followers of Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, a blind Egyptian cleric.