The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has a new Executive Director: Mohamed El-Filali. His previous position was as the Executive Director of a large Hamas-linked mosque where he worked since 2004.
North Jersey Islamic centers ‘strongly condemn’ journalist’s killing by Islamic State
SEPTEMBER 3, 2014, 8:03 PM LAST UPDATED: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2014, 8:03 PM
BY MINJAE PARK
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD
PATERSON — Local Muslim leaders convened at the Islamic Center of Passaic County on Wednesday to condemn the killing of journalist Steve Joel Sotloff by the Islamic State, the extremist militant group that posted a video of his beheading on Tuesday.
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CAIR Picks Hamas-Linked Official to Lead NJ Chapter
CAIR will continue to offer itself as the voice of the Muslim community. The media and public shouldn’t forget their Islamist ideology.
The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has a new Executive Director: Mohamed El-Filali. His previous position was as the Executive Director of a large Hamas-linked mosque where he worked since 2004.
El-Filali is from the Islamic Center of Passaic County, whose imam is being targeted by the Department of Homeland Security for deportation. El-Filali was also listed as an official of the American Muslim Union in 2002. He has been quoted as comparing the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to Adolf Hitler. He has also refused to condemn suicide bombings, saying, “I am not in their shoes. My house has not been destroyed; my brother has not been shot dead.”
El-Filali’s mosque was founded by Hamas operative Mohammad El-Mezain, who was convicted in 2008 for financing the terrorist group. El-Mezain was a leader of the mosque until 1999.
In 1990, a Muslim Brotherhood operative named Muhammad al-Hanooti became the mosque’s imam. He led the Islamic Association for Palestine, a known Brotherhood/Hamas front. A 2001 FBI document reported that al-Hanooti was suspected of fundraising for Hamas. He left the Islamic Center of Passaic County in 1995 to leadDar al-Hijrah Islamic Center, another mosque with strong Brotherhood/Hamas links.
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