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Spanish terror suspect remanded

Kalaje Zouaydi after his arrest in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday

MADRID, Spain (CNN) -- A Syrian-born Spaniard is being held in a Spanish jail while awaiting trial on terror charges.

Muhammed Galeb Kalaje Zouaydi, who appeared in court on Friday for the first time, was remanded in custody by investigating magistrate Baltasar Garzon after a three-hour hearing.

No date has been set for a trial.

Kalaje Zouaydi, 41, is charged with belonging to a terrorist organisation and having a link to the September 11 attacks in the United States.

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His attorney told CNN immediately after the closed-door hearing in Garzon's chambers that his client had expressed his innocence during the session.

Kalaje Zouaydi was arrested in Madrid on Tuesday. Police accuse him of being a key financier in Osama bin Laden's terrorist network. (Full story)

Authorities say Kalaje Zouaydi siphoned money from his Madrid real estate development company and sent it to Islamic extremists in various countries, including the United States and Germany.

They allege some of the funds went to people close to Mohamed Atta, a September 11 suicide hijacker aboard the first plane to strike the World Trade Center.