A Northern Virginia think-tank is suspected of being a pivotal cog in the Muslim Brotherhood's high command in America, newly released federal law enforcement records indicate.
The Investigative Project on Terrorism obtained 596 pages of records from a closed FBI investigation through a Freedom of Information Act request. Dozens of the pages released are redacted. But other sections show that International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) board members Jamal Barzinji and Yaqub Mirza are listed among "members and leaders of the IKHWAN." Barzinji was identified as the secretary general for the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) at that time. The Ikhwan is an Arabic reference to the Muslim Brotherhood. (Click here to read the IPT's profile of the Brotherhood.)
The FBI records date back to 1987-88. But today, similar suspicions seem to be at the heart of the pending criminal contempt trial of convicted Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist Sami Al-Arian. In recent court filings, defense attorney and George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley released a series of emails he received from federal prosecutor Gordon Kromberg about the investigation.
The emails show Kromberg's interest in - and Al-Arian's refusal to discuss in detail - the Muslim Brotherhood ties of the IIIT. Al-Arian is scheduled to stand trial Aug. 13 on two counts of criminal contempt. He has refused to testify before a federal grand jury, despite a grant of immunity and repeated court orders. Al-Arian maintains his 2006 plea agreement for conspiring to provide goods and services to PIJ was made with an understanding he would not be called on by the government. Read more ...
The Investigative Project on Terrorism obtained 596 pages of records from a closed FBI investigation through a Freedom of Information Act request. Dozens of the pages released are redacted. But other sections show that International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) board members Jamal Barzinji and Yaqub Mirza are listed among "members and leaders of the IKHWAN." Barzinji was identified as the secretary general for the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) at that time. The Ikhwan is an Arabic reference to the Muslim Brotherhood. (Click here to read the IPT's profile of the Brotherhood.)
The FBI records date back to 1987-88. But today, similar suspicions seem to be at the heart of the pending criminal contempt trial of convicted Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist Sami Al-Arian. In recent court filings, defense attorney and George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley released a series of emails he received from federal prosecutor Gordon Kromberg about the investigation.
The emails show Kromberg's interest in - and Al-Arian's refusal to discuss in detail - the Muslim Brotherhood ties of the IIIT. Al-Arian is scheduled to stand trial Aug. 13 on two counts of criminal contempt. He has refused to testify before a federal grand jury, despite a grant of immunity and repeated court orders. Al-Arian maintains his 2006 plea agreement for conspiring to provide goods and services to PIJ was made with an understanding he would not be called on by the government. Read more ...
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