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Islamic Association of Palestine (IAP) a now-defunct Hamas organization within the US is also the parent organization of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), which was co-founded in 1994 by Nihad Awad (IAP's President), and Omar Ahmad (IAP's Public Relations Director), and Ibrahim Hooper.

According to an August 14, 2001 Immigration and Naturalization Services report, IAP's work consisted of “publishing and distributing HAMAS communiqués printed on IAP letterhead, as well as other written documentation to include the HAMAS charter and glory records [a list of terrorist attacks that HAMAS had carried out against Israeli civilians], which are tributes to HAMAS’ violent ‘successes.’” The same report also stated that IAP had received “approximately $490,000 from [Mousa Abu] Marzook during the period in which Marzook held his admitted role as a HAMAS leader.” [1]

Terrorism expert Steven Emerson characterized IAP as Hamas' "primary voice in the United States." The former chief of the FBI's counter-terrorism department, Oliver Revell, called IAP "a front organization for Hamas that engages in propaganda for Islamic militants."

Founders included Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook, funder and 1989 member of IAP Board of Directors.[2]

In December 2004, a federal judge in Chicago ruled that the IAP (along with the Holy Land Foundation) was liable for a $156 million lawsuit for aiding and abetting the terror group Hamas in the death of 17-year-old David Boim, an American citizen.[3] 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.[4] In 2008, the Seventh Circuit reheard the case en banc, and ruled in favor of the Boims.[5][6][7]

References

  1. ^ http://www.siteinstitute.org/bin/articles.cgi?ID=news1902&Category=news&Subcategory=0
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Jury awards $156M to family of teen in slain in West Bank". Usatoday.com. 2004-12-09. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
  4. ^ Darryl Fears, Ruling Against Muslim Group Is Overturned; Former Charity, Others Not Liable in Teen's Death, Washington Post, December 29, 2007, A02.
  5. ^ "Boim v Holy Land Foundation" (PDF).
  6. ^ ROWE, LARA B. "Ending Terrorism with Civil Remedies: Boim v. Holy Land Foundation and the Proper Framework of Liability" (PDF). SEVENTH CIRCUIT REVIEW.
  7. ^ "Boim v. Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development". Shurat HaDin—Israel Law Center.