American Muslim Council Founder Funds Al Qaeda

In a U.S. Treasury Department memo dated July 14, 2005 that seems to have received little press coverage, authorities allege for the first time that Abdurahman Alamoudi raised money for Al Qaeda in the U.S. For those unaware, Alamoudi, 53, portrayed himself as a “moderate Muslim” who served as a liaison between the U.S. government and American Muslims for two decades. A founder of the American Muslim Council (AMC), Alamoudi played a key role in developing the Pentagon's Muslim chaplain program, represented the State Department and attended meetings at the White House spanning two administrations. Accordingly, the significance of the allegations by the U.S. Treasury Department that Alamoudi raised money for al Qaeda cannot be understated.

Pioneers in the research and investigation of Islamic terrorism such as Steve Emerson, Daniel Pipes, Bruce Tefft and others exposed the true nature of the “moderate” Alamoudi long before his arrest in September 2003 on multiple terrorism related financing charges. Convicted in 2004, the most recent allegation of Abdurahman Alamoudi raising money for al Qaeda while rubbing elbows with the Washington elite continues to boggle the mind of any reasonable person as it well should.

The July 14, 2005 Treasury Department memo stated what everyone already knew: “Alamoudi had a close relationship with al Qaida and had raised money for al Qaida in the United States.” Accordingly, how could this man be courted and accepted by the very same men and women, democrats and republicans, lawmakers and justice department officials, presidents and senators who are supposed to be fighting the war on terrorism?

When he began to work for the U.S. Department of State under President Clinton as a "goodwill ambassador" to Muslim countries, Alamoudi told the Islamic Association of Palestine in Chicago in a speech on December 29, 1996: "I think if we are outside this country, we can say oh, Allah, destroy America, but once we are here, our mission in this country is to change it. There is no way for Muslims to be violent in America, no way. We have other means to do it. You can be violent anywhere else but in America."

In the process of the investigation of Alamoudi, authorities found that he has at least indirect links to most wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden through the Taibah International Aid Association, an American non-profit where he served along with Abdullah A. bin Laden, Osama's nephew.

Now, the U.S. Treasury Department confirms what has log been suspected: the ubiquitous Abdurahman Alamoudi, the Washington, DC “Moderate Muslim,” is alleged to have been raising money for al Qaeda while lunching inside the beltway.!