Jamal al Barzinji

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Dr. Jamal al Barzinji is a noted American businessman and political operative, most recently associated with the International Institute of Islamic Thought, the World Assembly of Muslim Youth and the SAAR Foundation.

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[edit] Profile

Barzinji is a long-term business associate of Muslim Brotherhood activist and al Taqwa Bank chairman Youssef Nada.[1] Barzinji also serves as a trustee and officer of the Amana Mutual Funds Trust, a growth and income mutual fund headquartered in Bellingham, Washington, along with SAAR co-executive Yaqub Mirza and Talat M. Othman.

Interestingly, he was listed as the successor registrant of Grover Norquist's defunct lobbying firm Janus-Merritt Strategies, after the departure of David Safavian.[2]

[edit] World Assembly of Muslim Youth

In 1980 Barzinji was a representative of the World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY), alongside Abdallah Osama bin Laden, a younger-half brother of Osama bin Laden.

[edit] March 20, 2002 raid

On March 20, 2002, a U.S. Customs Service investigative unit called Operation Green Quest conducted a raid on an allegedly interrelated group of Wahhabiist interests in northern Virginia. Among these were the Herndon, Virginia, VA, offices of Dr. Barzinji, and the SAAR Foundation, created by wealthy Saudi Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi. This search has turned up no evidence of any crime. Although the investigation has been ongoing for nearly 6 years, no indictments have been brought and there has been no proof of any terrorist or otherwise illegal operations.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Glenn R. Simpson, Tangled Paths: A Sprawling Probe Of Terror Funding Centers in Virginia --- U.S. Tries to Tie Maze of Firms, Charities Based in Herndon Into a Global Network --- Bin Laden's "Golden Chain", Wall Street Journal, June 21, 2004
  2. ^ Good-Bye David Safavian

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