@SamsClub (a subsidiary of Walmart) donates $2,500 to Florida mosque named after Hamas 'military wing'
It was recently discovered that the popular American wholesaler Sam's Club, a subsidiary of Walmart,
donated $2,500 to a Tampa, Florida mosque named after Hamas' al-Qassam Brigades (Hat Tip:
Ellen S).
A
Florida Family Association supporter happened to look up at the wall
behind the checkout line at the Sam’s Club located at 2021 Brandon
Boulevard in Brandon, Florida. He saw a large photograph of a check
made out from Sam’s Club in the amount of $2,500 payable to the Islamic
Community of Tampa located in the top left prominent position on the
wall. Florida Family Association snapped a cellphone photograph. Photographs indicated that no other non-profit organization received more than $500.
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- The Islamic Community of Tampa is also known as the Al-Qassam mosque. The Military Wing of the Palestinian Hamas is called the Al-Qassam Brigade. InvestigativeProject.org reports “The
mosque, according to Sami Al-Arian, was named after Izzedin al-Qassam.
Al-Qassam, a Syrian killed fighting the British mandate in 1935, ‘is
the main source of inspiration for the Islamic Jihad movement’
Palestinian scholar Ziad Abu Amr wrote in his book, Islamic
Fundamentalism in the West Bank and Gaza. ‘The Islamic Jihad’s
supporters have elevated him almost to a saintly status.’”
- ...
- Sami Al-Arian was indicted in February 2003 on 17 counts under the Patriot Act for allegedly being the leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). In 2006, Al-Arian pleaded guilty
to one count of conspiring to make or receive contributions of funds,
goods or services for the benefit of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
and was sentenced to 57 months in prison.
- Sami Al-Arian refused to testify before a Federal Grand Jury regarding other Jihad activities. U.S. District Judge James Moody
ruled that Al-Arian must testify. A Virginia District Court held that
Sami Al-Arian had no legal basis to refuse to testify. The court held
him in civil contempt, and imprisoned him on November 16, 2006. Sami
Al-Arian was released from prison on June 27, 2014 after the United
States Department of Justice dropped charges.
Read the whole thing.
Labels: al-Qassam Brigades, CAIR, Florida, Islam, ISNA, Izzadin Kassam Brigades, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Sami al-Arian, Sharia law
David Horowitz confronts Suhail Khan and Grover Norquist at CPAC
In his keynote speech, David Horowitz confronted Suhail Khan and Grover Norquist. Khan and Norquist are both board members of the American Conservative Union (look at the podium in the picture to understand the significance). He accuses Khan of being an Islamist who supports groups like the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas and al-Qaeda, and of supporting terrorist fundraiser Sami al-Aryan. He accuses Norquist of getting access to the White House for Khan and of putting Khan on the ACU board. That all starts around the 7:00 mark, and must be watched (especially by those in Israel and elsewhere who have less familiarity with Muslim groups in America, which support Hamas and al-Qaeda) in order to understand the extent to which the Islamists have infiltrated all corners of American society. It's also curious how Horowitz talks about his parents toward the end. I had no idea about that.
To watch Horowitz speak (he's excellent), click on the picture.
Labels: CAIR, David Horowitz, Grover Norquist, ISNA, Muslim Brotherhood, Suhail Khan
US court ruling shows CAIR, ISNA and NAIT all linked to Hamas
A US court ruling that has been kept under wraps for more than a year, but which was just released to the public, shows that three organizations who were named as unindicted co-conspirators in the CAIR trial have
more than enough evidence against them to leak them to al-Qaeda.
A federal judge's long-secret ruling that federal prosecutors violated the rights of three major American Islamic organizations and others named as unindicted co-conspirators in a Texas terrorism support case finally became public on Friday.
However, publication of the ruling is a mixed blessing for the groups: the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the Islamic Society of North America and the North American Islamic Trust. That's because U.S. District Court Judge Jorge Solis found that the government presented "ample evidence to establish the association" of the three organizations with Hamas, a Palestinian group that the U.S. has labeled as a terrorist organization and with a defunct charity convicted in the terrorism support case, the Holy Land Foundation.
NAIT appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit to overturn Solis's ruling and have it unsealed. The federal appeals court recently agreed that the ruling should be unsealed and suggested that parts of it went too far, but the appeals panel refused to change it.
I'm sure it won't hurt their fundraising.
Labels: CAIR, Hamas, ISNA, NAIT
