Targets of raid resign from Muslim Hidaya group
The two Pittsfield Township men whose homes were raided by federal agents in a criminal investigation involving a Southfield-based Islamic charity have ended their affiliations with a group that is planning to build a new mosque in the Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti area. Khalil Jassemm was president and Mujahid Al-Fayadh was a fundraiser and project manager for the Hidaya Community Center. They both resigned and Walayat Khan took over as acting president, Khan said Monday. He said Jassemm and Al-Fayadh resigned Sunday in "a mutual decision'' with the board.Khan said Jassemm said he didn't want to be president "until his name is cleared by the FBI.'' He said Al-Fayadh had only worked with the Hidaya Community Center for two months.
Jassemm confirmed this morning he did resign but declined further comment. Al-Fayadh couldn't be reached for comment. Al-Fayadh, when contacted at his home last Saturday about his involvement in the charity, had referred all questions to his lawyer.
Islamophobia?
Jassemm is chief executive officer and Al-Fayadh is founder and a board member of the Life For Relief and Development charity. Agents seized $134,000 cash, including $76,568 found in a Meijer shopping bag, in Al-Fayadh's home according to the court filings obtained by a Detroit newspaper. They also seized Iraqi military decorations, a computer, photographs, videotapes and fundraising brochures.
The FBI has said only that warrants were executed as part of a criminal investigation. No one has been arrested or charged.
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Know whose HQ is in Ann Arbor? Borders. That may explain a few things...
There's an ongoing battle over the mosque being built in the Roxbury section of Boston, but in my general area the Islamic "community centers" are a couple of halal meat markets about 15 miles apart. I can't imagine what it's like living with that much Islamic "presence" in the neighborhood. Does anyone here have to deal with that on a daily basis?
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