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To: Smiling Bob who wrote (355)	12/6/2004 9:19:53 AM
From: Louie_al-Arouri	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 5425

Elgindy/Salah Dad describes agony at son's slaying by terrorists December 3, 2004 BY NATASHA KORECKI Staff Reporter The mother wept loudly, her shoulders shuddering, as she listened to her husband, Stanley Boim, describe the pain that rushed through him after Hamas terrorists killed their 17-year-old son in Jerusalem. Boim said he was at home, trying to cope with his son's death, when the news was broadcast to neighbors through a loudspeaker -- a custom in Jerusalem after a death. Killing described "I couldn't believe what I was hearing," a tearful Stanley Boim told jurors in a federal trial of Chicago-area groups suspected of funding terrorists. "[Our] son was tragically taken in a terrorist attack. "He was cut down by a bullet financed by the organizations against whom we're bringing this lawsuit." His words came just after those of Yechiel Gellman, who was standing at a bus stop with David Boim, 17, and two other friends in 1996 when they heard the echo of gunfire. Gellman said there was a shower of 30 bullets and he saw David hit the ground, his friend's face turning blue. Gellman said he knew David was shot but didn't know the bullet had pierced the back of David's head until paramedics lifted his body, revealing a pool of blood. Stanley and Joyce Boim are in the midst of what could become a precedent-setting federal case, suing U.S.-based Islamic charities to hold them financially responsible for funding Hamas terrorist acts overseas. Hamas has claimed responsibility for dozens of suicide bombings and attacks in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The jury trial that started Wednesday levels allegations against three local charities as well as alleged Hamas military leader and fund-raiser Muhammad Salah of Bridgeview. U.S. Magistrate Judge Arlander Keys has found Salah and two charities responsible, leaving it up to a jury to decide whether Quranic Literacy Institute in Oak Lawn is also responsible and what damages it should pay the Boims. Boim attorneys Stephen Landes and Richard Hoffman on Thursday tried linking the organization to Salah, saying QLI provided him a front and gave him a job and helped him with a mortgage loan. They also said QLI funneled money to Hamas leaders when it was needed to shore up representation in Israel. Says case was railroaded In an even more unusual twist, QLI is protesting the case -- by not putting on a defense. QLI secretary Amer Haleem told Keys he instructed his attorney not to participate in the trial after Keys refused to extend the trial date. The group asked for more time after Keys' Nov. 10 ruling in favor of three of the defendants before trial. Haleem said he needed more time to get a fair trial in post-Sept. 11 America, where he said Muslims are discriminated against. "You're allowing them to prove it without a defense," Keys responded. Later, Haleem wiped tears from his eyes and said his group is a peaceful organization that translates sacred texts. He accused the government of railroading the civil case by indicting Salah earlier this year and by freezing the group's funds in a separate case. "This is a protest," Haleem said. "QLI is not on trial. The American justice system is on trial, given the heavy prejudice that exists."