Not All Muslim Leaders Represent American Muslims
A collection of articles detailing the connection between the leadership of American Muslim organizations and terrorism.


CAIR and Terrorism
7/27/2004
Top US Islamic national advocacy organization filled with indicted terror leaders.
Muslim Charity Leader Sentenced to Prison
8/18/2003
AP - Mike Robinson
A Muslim charity leader linked by prosecutors to Osama bin Laden's terrorist network was sentenced Monday to more than 11 years in federal prison for defrauding donors.
A 'Good' American Citizen: Citizenship vs. civil liberties
4/1/2003
Christian Science Monitor - Mansoor Ijaz
One Muslim American's tough challenge to his community.
Hiding in Plain Sight
3/3/2003
Newsweek - Michael Isikoff
Did a Muslim professor use activism as a cloak for terror?
Feds Arrest Three 'Buffalo Six' Relatives
12/17/2002
FOX News - Associated Press
Three relatives of a man accused of belonging to an al-Qaida terror cell in the Buffalo suburb of Lackawanna were arrested Tuesday and charged with illegally operating a money transferring business.
WAMY Supports CAIR Campaign Against US Anti-Islamic Sentiment
11/13/2002

Saudi Gazette - Shahid Al-Khan
The World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY) is extending support to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a US-based organization, which has launched a media campaign by publishing advertisements in leading American newspapers and distributing books on Islam free of charge.
Head of U.S. Muslim Charity Indicted
10/09/2002
Reuters - Andrew Stern
The head of a U.S. Muslim charity was charged on Wednesday with helping terrorists and deceiving donors by funneling funds to Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network and other militant groups.
A Safe Haven?
09/30/2002
Newsweek - Sarah Downey and Michael Hirsh
Focusing on a fundamentalist strain of Islam, investigators are searching American mosques for signs of support for terror. It’s a delicate balancing act.
Muslim Conference Overshadowed by Arrest
09/02/2002
The Times (London) - Oliver Wright
For the 2,000-odd delegates, the sixth Salafi National Islamic conference in Birmingham was meant to be a chance to listen to scholars, exchange ideas and withdraw from the pressures of everyday life. But as the meeting drew to a close yesterday many expressed anger that it had been so overshadowed by the arrest of Kerim Chatty in Sweden.
Saudis Visit Utah, Extol 'True' Islam;'All Americans would become Muslims'
09/02/2002
Salt Lake Tribune - Matt Canham
A delegation of Saudi Arabian educators urged Utah Muslims on Sunday to capitalize on the growing interest in their faith generated by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The 10-member delegation, in the middle of a three-week U.S. tour, asked Muslims to share the tenets of Islam and to inspire others by their strict adherence to the faith.
Donors named in 9/11 lawsuit: Documents list some McKinney contributors
08/17/2002
The Atlanta Journal and Constitution - Stephen Krupin
Several contributors to Rep. Cynthia McKinney's campaign are among the alleged "enablers of terrorism" named in the $1 trillion lawsuit filed this week by families of some Sept. 11 victims.
Sept. 11 Families Join to Sue Saudis: Banks, charities and royals accused of funding al Qaeda terrorist network
08/16/2002
Washington Post - Susan Schmidt
Families of 600 people killed in the Sept. 11 attacks filed suit yesterday against Saudi Arabian banks and charities and members of the royal family, accusing them of financially sponsoring the al Qaeda terrorist network and its leader, Osama bin Laden.
Questions Raised about Donors to Georgia Lawmaker's Campaign
08/13/2002
Washington Post - Thomas B. Edsall
The reelection campaign of Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.) has received campaign contributions from at least 18 donors who are either officers of Muslim foundations under investigation by the FBI, have voiced support for Palestinian and Lebanese terrorist organizations or have made inflammatory statements about Jews.
Wahhabis in Old Dominion: What the federal raids in Northern Virginia uncovered
08/08/2002
Weekly Standard - Stephen Schwartz
Federal law enforcement has kicked over quite an anthill in Northern Virginia. A U.S. Treasury task force, Operation Green Quest, has been investigating the funding of Islamic terror. Raids on March 20 struck an extraordinary array of financial, charitable, and ostensibly religious entities identified with Muslim and Arab concerns in this country, most of them headquartered in Northern Virginia.
A Professor's Activism Leads Investigators to Look Into Possible Terrorism Links
07/23/2002
New York Times - Judith Miller
To his family and friends, Sami Al-Arian, a Palestinian professor of computer engineering at the University of South Florida, is an innocent victim of a government witch hunt. News reports based on a lengthy F.B.I. inquiry into his support for Islamic causes prompted the college to suspend him from his tenured post last fall, and this year, to begin a process to fire him.
All the Hate That's Fit to Print: America's poison-pen Muslim press
07/22/2002
The Weekly Standard - Stephen Schwartz
When the shooter who chose July 4 to start a gun battle at Los Angeles airport's El Al ticket counter turned out to be Hesham Mohamed Hadayet--an Egyptian native with a "Read Koran" sticker on his apartment door--many people not unreasonably wondered if he had picked up his hostility to America and Israel at an extremist mosque.
'Wahhabi Lobby' Takes the Offensive
07/12/2002
Insight on the News - J. Michael Waller
Totalitarian regimes in the Middle East have targeted the United States with a well-financed influence campaign that is being rooted in American politics. Veteran watchers of the "active-measures" programs of the former Soviet Union say this Islamist propaganda offensive bears an uncanny resemblance to the old Soviet international front operations
Muslim Group, Leader Charged: Ill.-based charity linked to Bin Laden
05/01/2002
Washington Post - John Mintz and Robert E. Pierre
A large Muslim charity based in Illinois has been intimately connected to Osama bin Laden for years, moving large sums of money to fund the operations of his al Qaeda network around the world, authorities alleged in court papers today.
Federal Agents Raid 15 Sites Tied to Al-Arian's Think Tank
04/22/2002
Tampa Tribune - Michael Fechter
John Loftus' lawsuit claims Sami Al-Arian's charities laundered money and violated consumer protection laws, funneling money to terrorists.
O'Neill Met with Muslim Activists Tied to Charities Raided by Treasury
04/18/2002
Wall Street Journal - Glenn R. Simpson
WASHINGTON -- Two weeks after his agents raided the offices of several Islamic charities and businesses suspected of financing terrorism, Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill met with two politically connected Muslim activists, one a longtime Bush family associate, who each had a tie to the targeted groups.
Muslims Speak Out: Citizenship before civil rights
04/04/2002
Washington Post - Mansoor Ijaz
After recent raids on Islamic charities from Texas to Northern Virginia and last month's Justice Department decision to widen the interrogation net for Arab males entering the United States from countries where al Qaeda is known to have a presence, many of America's Arabs and Muslims are debating the merits and limits of their civic duty.
Saudi Arabia Link among Suspect Islamic Charities
04/03/2002
FoxNews - Carl Cameron
WASHINGTON — Islamic charities and similar groups in northern Virginia recently raided by federal officials all have something in common — Saudi Arabia. Investigators are looking into the Safa Trust, the Saar Group, the Wafa Humanitarian Organization, and 16 other Islamic charities with ties to the Saudi royal family.
U.S. Is Examining Whether Donations by 2 Wealthy Saudis Indirectly Aided Terrorism
03/25/2002
New York Times - Judith Miller
WASHINGTON,  Federal investigators are examining whether terrorist operations by Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda and other Islamic groups were indirectly financed by at least two wealthy, well-connected Saudis through a maze of foundations, companies and financial institutions.
FBI Raids Pro-Republicans
03/25/2002
Guardian - Duncan Campbell
The target of an anti-terrorist raid in the United States last week provided funds for an Islamic group with close ties to the Republican party and the White House. The Safa trust, a Saudi-backed charity, has provided funds for a political group called the Islamic Institute, which was set up to mobilise support for the Republican party.
Finances Prompted Raids on Muslims: U.S. suspected terrorism ties to N.Va. for years
03/24/2002
Washington Post - John Mintz and Tom Jackman
Federal agents who searched 16 homes and offices in Northern Virginia last week were focusing on a tightly interconnected, complicated and very private financial empire with worldwide ties that has drawn the suspicion of...
Funds under Terror Probe Flowed from Offshore
03/22/2002
Wall Street Journal - Glenn R. Simpson
WASHINGTON -- Large sums from two offshore financial havens flowed through the accounts of several U.S.-based companies and charities raided Wednesday by Treasury Department agents investigating terrorism financing, tax and corporate records show.
N.Va. Sites Raided in Probe of Terrorism: Federal agencies seek information on funds
03/21/2002
Washington Post - Tom Jackman
Federal agents yesterday raided 14 sites across Northern Virginia, many with links to the Middle East, seizing boxes of documents in an ongoing investigation of the funding of terrorist groups.
The Money Trail: Raids seek evidence of money-laundering
03/21/2002
New York Times - Judith Miller
WASHINGTON - Federal law enforcement officials today raided 15 organizations and individuals in Northern Virginia and a chicken farm in Georgia, all of them, the authorities said, suspected by the Treasury Department of laundering money for Al Qaeda or other terrorist groups.
Holy Land Foundation Allegedly Mixed Charity Money with Funds for Bombers
02/27/2002
Wall Street Journal - Glenn R. Simpson
On Oct. 1, 1993, a small group of Middle Eastern men gathered at a Courtyard Marriott Hotel near the Philadelphia airport to discuss what they called "Samah."...Federal Bureau of Investigation agents electronically eavesdropped on the Philadelphia gathering and unraveled the subterfuge, according to a confidential Nov. 5, 2001, FBI report: Samah was the backward spelling of Hamas
Computer Firm Owner Arrested
02/08/2002
Dallas Morning News - Steve McGonigle
The owner of a Richardson computer company was arrested Thursday after a federal grand jury indicted him on felony charges of violating a government order suspending his export license.
My First Year as a Muslim, Ten Years Later: The failure of Muslim-American leadership
01/01/2002
Reprinted with permission of the author - Jeremiah D. McAuliffe, Jr., Ph.D.
About ten years ago, a year after my conversion to Islam, I wrote an open letter to the Muslim community regarding my first year as a Muslim. It was not a positive letter-- addressing issues of sexism, gross expressions of hatred towards “the People of the Book”, and the general absence of responsibility and accountability in our community.
Keep an Eye on the American Muslim Council
12/17/2001
Insight - John Berlau
Less than three weeks before President George W. Bush froze the U.S. assets of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF) — a group suspected of being the largest American fund-raiser for the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas — one of the most prominent Muslim advocacy groups was soliciting contributions on its behalf, Insight has learned.
Grover Norquist's Strange Alliance with Radical Islam;Fevered Pitch
11/01/2001
The New Republic - Franklin Foer
On the afternoon of September 26, George W. Bush gathered 15 prominent Muslim- and Arab-Americans at the White House. With cameras rolling, the president proclaimed that "the teachings of Islam are teachings of peace and good." It was a critically important moment, a statement to the world that America's Muslim leaders unambiguously reject the terror committed in Islam's name.
When Charity Goes Awry: Islamic groups say they may lose control of money they send overseas
10/29/2001
US News & World Report - Christopher H. Schmitt and Joshua Kurlantzick
To date, the U.S. Treasury Department has frozen the assets of 66 people and organizations believed linked to al Qaeda and the list is expected to grow. A number of them, such as the foreign charities Wafa Humanitarian Organization and the Al Rashid Trust, actually do relief work, but are also suspected here and abroad of funneling money to al Qaeda or other terrorist organizations.
Silence of the Imams: Muslim clerics must challenge extremist views
10/20/2001
San Jose Mercury News - Hasan Zillur Rahim
Imams -- could inform and challenge the extremist views. The trouble is that they ordinarily don't, according to PNS contributor Hasan Zillur Rahim. The author ponders what might have been if imams in the United States had condemned Osama bin Laden in 1998, after he declared that it was OK for Muslims to kill American civilians.
Strange Bedfellows: Grover Norquist and Abdurahman Alamoudi
10/04/2001
Boston Phoenix - Seth Gitell
During his presidential campaign and his first months in office, George W. Bush had no stronger supporter than Grover Norquist, the president of Americans for Tax Reform...But now, as Bush embarks on a war against terrorism, the president may find Norquist more of a liability than an asset.
Muslim Leaders Struggle with Mixed Messages
10/02/2001
Washington Post - Hanna Rosin and John Mintz
On Sept. 20, FBI agents showed up at the house of Hamza Yusuf, a Muslim teacher and speaker in Northern California. They wanted to question him about a speech he had given two days before the Sept. 11 attacks, in which he said that the U.S. "stands condemned" and that "this country has a great, great tribulation coming to it." "He's not home," his wife said. "He's with the president."
Some Muslim Leaders Seen with Bush Expressed Support for Terrorist Groups
10/01/2001
FoxNews - AP
Since the terror attacks against the United States, President Bush has been flanked by Muslim leaders in an attempt to reach out to what many have perceived as moderate members of the Muslim community.
Islam's Flawed Spokesmen: Some of the groups claiming to speak for American Muslims find it impossible to speak out against them
09/26/2001
Salon.com - Jake Tapper
reporters are learning it's not easy to find leaders who can authentically speak for Muslim Americans, who represent a wide variety of ethnicities and languages, sects and political views ranging from completely secular to Islamic fundamentalist. CAIR and AMC in particular would not be chosen as representatives by many Muslims

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