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'''Islamic Association of Palestine''' ('''IAP''') was an [[Islamist]] organization that raised money in the United States for [[Hamas]].<ref name=fut >{{cite news| url= http://books.google.com/books?id=5h6SJ1iWdvgC&pg=PA50&dq=cair+council+relations&lr=lang_en&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=100&as_brr=3&ei=G6gQS6PVC6WWygTuj_3ODA#v=onepage&q=cair%20&f=false |last=Kushner |first=Harvey W. |date=1998 |title= The future of terrorism: violence in the new millennium |accessdate=November 27, 2009 }}</ref> It described itself as "a not-for-profit, public-awareness, educational, political, social, and civic, national [[grassroots]] organization dedicated to advancing a just, comprehensive, and eternal solution to the cause of [[Proposals for a Palestinian state|Palestine]] and suffrages of the [[Palestinians]]." For a time it also used the name '''American Muslim Society'''.<ref name=LINK>Daniel Pipes and Sharon Chadha, [http://www.meforum.org/article/916 CAIR: Islamists Fooling the Establishment], [[Middle East Forum]] Quarterly, Spring 2006.</ref>
'''Islamic Association of Palestine''' ('''IAP''') was an [[Islamist]] organization that raised money in the United States for [[Hamas]].<ref name=fut >{{cite news| url= http://books.google.com/books?id=5h6SJ1iWdvgC&pg=PA50&dq=cair+council+relations&lr=lang_en&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=100&as_brr=3&ei=G6gQS6PVC6WWygTuj_3ODA#v=onepage&q=cair%20&f=false |last=Kushner |first=Harvey W. |date=1998 |title= The future of terrorism: violence in the new millennium |accessdate=November 27, 2009 }}</ref> It wrote articles on issues that it alleged "[[Zionist]] controlled" westernized media failed to report. {{Citation needed|date=October 2010}} It called itself "a not-for-profit, public-awareness, educational, political, social, and civic, national [[grassroots]] organization dedicated to advancing a just, comprehensive, and eternal solution to the cause of [[Proposals for a Palestinian state|Palestine]] and suffrages of the [[Palestinians]]." For a time it also used the name '''American Muslim Society'''.<ref name=LINK>Daniel Pipes and Sharon Chadha, [http://www.meforum.org/article/916 CAIR: Islamists Fooling the Establishment], [[Middle East Forum]] Quarterly, Spring 2006.</ref>


Founders included [[Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook]], funder and 1989 member of IAP Board of Directors.<ref name="Epstein2003">{{cite web
Founders included<ref name="Emerson2005">[http://www.senate.gov/~banking/_files/emerson.pdf Testimony] of [[Steven Emerson]] Before the United States Senate Committee of Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs "Money Laundering and Terror Financing Issues in the Middle East." July 13, 2005.{{dead link|date=November 2008}}</ref> [[Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook]], funder and 1989 member of IAP Board of Directors, [[Specially Designated Global Terrorist]].<ref name="Epstein2003">{{cite web
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It published a magazine, ''Tareeq Filistine'' ''(Road to Palestine)'', ''Ila Filastin'' and the newspapers ''Al-Zaytuna'' and ''Muslim World Monitor''.{{Citation needed|date=November 2008}}
It published a magazine, ''Tareeq Filistine'' ''(Road to Palestine)'', ''Ila Filastin'',<ref name="Emerson2005" /> and newspapers ''Al-Zaytuna'' and ''Muslim World Monitor''.{{Citation needed|date=November 2008}}

The [[Anti-Defamation League]] accused the IAP of issuing [[anti-Semitic]] propaganda and having links to terrorists.{{Citation needed|date=November 2008}} The U.S. government considers the IAP a front for [[Hamas]] in the United States.{{Citation needed|date=November 2008}}


In December 2004, a federal judge in [[Chicago]] ruled that the IAP (along with the [[Holy Land Foundation]]) was liable for a $156 million dollar lawsuit for aiding and abetting the terror group [[Hamas]] in the death of 17-year-old David Boim, an American citizen.<ref>[http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-12-09-slaying-suit_x.htm "Jury awards $156M to family of teen in slain in West Bank"]</ref> In December 2007 the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit overturned the judge's ruling, holding that plaintiffs failed to prove that financial contributions to Hamas played a direct role in Boim's slaying.<ref>Darryl Fears, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/28/AR2007122802657.html Ruling Against Muslim Group Is Overturned; Former Charity, Others Not Liable in Teen's Death], [[Washington Post]], December 29, 2007, A02.</ref>
In December 2004, a federal judge in [[Chicago]] ruled that the IAP (along with the [[Holy Land Foundation]]) was liable for a $156 million dollar lawsuit for aiding and abetting the terror group [[Hamas]] in the death of 17-year-old David Boim, an American citizen.<ref>[http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-12-09-slaying-suit_x.htm "Jury awards $156M to family of teen in slain in West Bank"]</ref> In December 2007 the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit overturned the judge's ruling, holding that plaintiffs failed to prove that financial contributions to Hamas played a direct role in Boim's slaying.<ref>Darryl Fears, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/28/AR2007122802657.html Ruling Against Muslim Group Is Overturned; Former Charity, Others Not Liable in Teen's Death], [[Washington Post]], December 29, 2007, A02.</ref>


Islamic Association of Palestine staffers and members were founding members of the [[Council on American-Islamic Relations]] (CAIR).<ref name=LINK/>
Islamic Association of Palestine staffers and members were founding members of the [[Council on American-Islamic Relations]] (CAIR).<ref name=LINK/>

[[Kind Hearts for Charitable Human Development]] listed the IPA as its "Fundraiser Organizer" in its tax exemption filings.<ref name="Emerson2005"/>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 05:41, 17 February 2011

Islamic Association of Palestine (IAP) was an Islamist organization that raised money in the United States for Hamas.[1] It wrote articles on issues that it alleged "Zionist controlled" westernized media failed to report. [citation needed] It called itself "a not-for-profit, public-awareness, educational, political, social, and civic, national grassroots organization dedicated to advancing a just, comprehensive, and eternal solution to the cause of Palestine and suffrages of the Palestinians." For a time it also used the name American Muslim Society.[2]

Founders included[3] Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook, funder and 1989 member of IAP Board of Directors, Specially Designated Global Terrorist.[4]

It published a magazine, Tareeq Filistine (Road to Palestine), Ila Filastin,[3] and newspapers Al-Zaytuna and Muslim World Monitor.[citation needed]

The Anti-Defamation League accused the IAP of issuing anti-Semitic propaganda and having links to terrorists.[citation needed] The U.S. government considers the IAP a front for Hamas in the United States.[citation needed]

In December 2004, a federal judge in Chicago ruled that the IAP (along with the Holy Land Foundation) was liable for a $156 million dollar lawsuit for aiding and abetting the terror group Hamas in the death of 17-year-old David Boim, an American citizen.[5] In December 2007 the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit overturned the judge's ruling, holding that plaintiffs failed to prove that financial contributions to Hamas played a direct role in Boim's slaying.[6]

Islamic Association of Palestine staffers and members were founding members of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).[2]

Kind Hearts for Charitable Human Development listed the IPA as its "Fundraiser Organizer" in its tax exemption filings.[3]

References

  1. ^ Kushner, Harvey W. (1998). "The future of terrorism: violence in the new millennium". Retrieved November 27, 2009.
  2. ^ a b c Testimony of Steven Emerson Before the United States Senate Committee of Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs "Money Laundering and Terror Financing Issues in the Middle East." July 13, 2005.[dead link‍]
  3. ^ Epstein, Matthew (September 10, 2003). "Testimony of Matthew Epstein Before the United States Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology, and Homeland Security "Saudi Support for Islamic Extremism in the United States"" (pdf). Retrieved 2007-03-02.
  4. ^ "Jury awards $156M to family of teen in slain in West Bank"
  5. ^ Darryl Fears, Ruling Against Muslim Group Is Overturned; Former Charity, Others Not Liable in Teen's Death, Washington Post, December 29, 2007, A02.
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