Monday January 19, 2009

I've Been Thinking:

We have a problem.
It concerns one of the select few scheduled to speak in the National Cathedral to inaugurate the 44th president of the United States of America.

The speaker's name is Ingrid Mattson.
Since 2006 she has been president of the Islamic Society of North America.
She teaches in Hartford, CT and has a very good reputation for condemning terror.

Here is the problem:
The Islamic Society of North America has been listed by federal law enforcement agencies as supporting the terror organization Hamas.

Legal papers were filed by federal prosecutors in federal court in July of 2007 and the papers make a very convincing argument. The papers concerned a terrorism case from Dallas. Mattson's group is mentioned but not charged.

Here's where it get more complicated:

The Islamic society claims to be the largest mainstream Muslim organization in North America.

Do they support Hamas even in word? I could not find it on their website. They certainly object to Israel's operation in Gaza and to civilian deaths, but that does not mean they are Hamas supporters.

The status and mission of the Islamic Society of North America must be checked out by federal authorities, the record must be clarified.

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