Religions > Atheism > CAIR listed among co-conspirators in terrorist funding case
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Religions > Atheism |
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"Fred Stone" |
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04 Jun 2007 03:31:45 PM |
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CAIR listed among co-conspirators in terrorist funding case |
http://www.nysun.com/article/55778
Federal prosecutors have named three prominent Islamic organizations in
America as participants in an alleged criminal conspiracy to support a
Palestinian Arab terrorist group, Hamas.
Prosecutors applied the label of "unindicted co-conspirator" to the
Council on American-Islamic Relations, the Islamic Society of North
America, and the North American Islamic Trust in connection with a trial
planned in Texas next month for five officials of a defunct charity, the
Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development.
While the foundation was charged in the case, which was filed in 2004,
none of the other groups was. However, the co-conspirator designation
could be a blow to the credibility of the national Islamic
organizations, which often work hand-in-hand with government officials
engaged in outreach to the Muslim community.
A court filing by the government last week listed the three prominent
groups among about 300 individuals or entities named as co-conspirators.
The document gave scant details, but prosecutors described CAIR as a
present or past member of "the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood's Palestine
Committee and/or its organizations." The government listed the Islamic
Society of North America and the North American Islamic Trust as
"entities who are and/or were members of the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood."
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Fred Stone
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"When they put out that deadline, people realized that we were going to
lose," said an aide to an anti-war lawmaker. "Everything after that
seemed like posturing."
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