He was elected Mayor of Arafat in 2001 although he was arrested in 2003 alongside dozens of other Mauritanian Islamists on charges of plotting to overthrow the Mauritanian government.
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He was detained for several months, although was released before the 2003 presidential election, for which he supported Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla.
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