Posted on 08/04/2004 5:07:25 PM PDT by Jacob Kell
In 2002, the spokesman for FBI director Robert Mueller memorably described the American Muslim Council (AMC) as the "the most mainstream Muslim group in the United States." A year later, the Catholic bishops called the AMC "the premier, mainstream Muslim group in Washington."
Its founder and long-time chief, Abdurahman Alamoudi, was a Washington fixture. He had many meetings with both Clintons in the White House and once joined George W. Bush at a prayer service dedicated to victims of the 9/11 attacks. Alamoudi arranged a Ramadan fast-breaking dinner for congressional leaders. He six times lectured abroad for the State Department and founded an organization to provide Muslim chaplains for the Department of Defense. One of his former AMC employees, Faisal Gill, serves as policy director at the Department of Homeland Security's intelligence division.
In brief, as the Washington Post describes him, Alamoudi was "a pillar of the local Muslim community."
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I would love to see a side-by-side listing of all the terrorists the Bush Admin has rounded since 9/11 up versus all the terrorists Willy rounded up after the '93 WTC bombing.
Why?
And there are an untold number of others where he came from.
Wrong. The Bush admin continues to employ AMC members in official positions. It is politically correct before patriotic.
In a list of campaign contributors, the Clinton administration once "mistakenly" labeled this group the American Museum Council
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