ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- An Ann Arbor area Muslim leader who has been pulled into the federal terrorism investigation will be in court Wednesday to face an immigration violation charge.

Rabih Haddad, 41, was taken into custody Friday. He is an assistant imam at the Islamic Center of Ann Arbor and a board member and former chief executive officer of the Global Relief Foundation.

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The Global Relief's Chicago area offices were raided last week. The government has frozen the foundation's assets because agents suspect the agency of funding terrorist activities.

Haddad's lawyer told Local 4 that his client has not been questioned about the foundation. Because of that, the attorney said that he hopes his client will be granted bail at an immigration hearing Wednesday.

Haddad is a native of Lebanon and lives in the Ann Arbor area with his wife and four children.

His wife, Salma Al-Rashaid, said that she came home Friday and found three Immigration and Naturalization Service agents questioning her husband. He was taken into custody and she has not seen him since, she said.

Al-Rashaid said that her husband has no ties to terrorists.

Muslims have rallied to support Haddad, and spoken out about the scrutiny he has attracted. About 1,600 people signed a petition supporting the jailed Muslim leader.

Haddad co-founded the Global Relief Foundation in 1992 and served as CEO from 1992 to 1996, according to the Web site for the Conference on Palestine held at the University of Michigan in March.