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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Lane3 who wrote (8513)11/1/2001 12:11:28 PM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
Well, this is a bit of a relief. I have been googling around trying to find out more about "Imam" Mohammed al-Asi, allegedly "elected Imam" of the Islamic Center of Washington, D.C. - - the "elected" part raised my lawyer antennae. Turns out he hasn't been considered the Imam for about 20 years - they threw him out.

>>About twenty years ago now the elected Imam of the mosque, Mohamed al-Asi, awoke one day to find hundreds of Washington police surrounding the Mosque where he lived. He and his family were being expelled. Orchestrated by the Saudis and the Egyptians the Washington Mosque was essentially being seized so they could control what was said during the Friday sermons and use the Mosque for their own "client-regime" purposes. No elections have ever been held since. Al-Asi, a highly unusual and articulate Imam who had served in the American military, and remnants of his flock, still to this day sometimes pray on the street corner across from the Mosque on Fridays, remembering their fate.<<

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While I was trying to ID this speaker, I called the Black Panthers in D.C., asking if they had a line-up of the speakers. The woman who answered the phone told me I'd have to speak to Mr. Shabazz himself (he wasn't in). That suggests to me that the organization is small, although quite articulate and passionate.
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