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. 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.
The Anti-Defamation League accused the IAP of issuing anti-Semitic propaganda and having links to terrorists. The U.S. government considers the IAP a front for Hamas in the United States.
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]
On October 3, 2001, IAP released a press statement which said:
However, the radio station in question has said that no such broadcast occurred, and the incident was not reported by any independent media organization.[7] The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America, a pro-Israeli media watchdog group, has asserted that the quote was fabricated for political purposes.
  | Testimony of Steven Emerson - www.senate.gov - This page cannot be found. |
| | CAIR: Islamists Fooling the Establishment - CAIR: Islamists Fooling the Establishment :: Middle East Quarterly |
| | IAP Board Of Directors / Shura Council - iap.org - contact information |
| | Ruling Against Muslim Group Is Overturned; Former Charity, Others Not Liable in Teen's Death - Ruling Against Muslim Group Is Overturned - washingtonpost.com |
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