I found something interesting when I Googled on him. This was apparently taken by tgslTakoma, or at least posted by her. tgsl, can you give some more information as to the context of this photo and posting?
I also found this cached story, of which the original seems to be gone. But the parts which caught my eye are the following:
Nawash did not blame his loss on the fact that he was an Arab-Muslim. What may have contributed to his defeat, he explained, were the “numerous hits” he received from extremist Jewish personalities like Daniel Pipes, who some consider an anti- Muslim bigot. The “bad media,” as he described it, began with the revelation that he had received a $10,000 contribution from Abdel-Rahman Alamoudi, a leading Muslim activist and founder of the American Muslim Council and American Muslim Foundation. Caught at Heathrow airport on his way to Damascus carrying $340,000 in cash in his suitcase on Sept. 28, Alamoudi is currently on trial for allegedly attempting to fund terrorist organizations, including Al-Qaeda. Alamoudi denied the charges in court last Tuesday. Although he has returned the contribution, Nawash still defends him.This strikes me as yet another one of those things which by itself probably would not be all that damning against Norquist, but when taken in aggregate show a disturbing pattern. But even stand alone it is puzzling to me; why is a conservative activist actively backing a guy who speaks at ANSWER rallies, who took funds (since returned) from a guy with terrorist connections, and who continues to defend the guy with terrorist connections?
Further about Nawash, according to his Washington Post profile, he lists his "Extra-curricular activities: Member, Solidarity USA; host, radio show, "The Solidarity Hour With Kamal Nawash." What is Solidarity USA? According to their website, they are a "revolutionary, socialist, democratic, feminist, anti-racist organization".
Nawash is also a bigwig with adc.org. Looking at the groups which link to adc, I am doubting that this is a group which sees eye to eye with conservatives on most issues.
I don't think that Nawash is a friend, or someone who we should support, nor is he someone we should think is acceptable for a conservative activist to be supporting. The fact that Norquist does really makes me wonder.