Islamic Faith Based Adviser to former Florida Governor Charlie Crist in 2009 is caught funding terrorism via George Galloway, a self-admitted Hamas fundraiser, and Imam Mahdi Bray, a public Hamas supporter.
Ismael Selim Elbarasse - a naturalized U.S. citizen and founder of the Dar Al-Hijrah mosque in Falls Church, Virginia, former board member of the Islamic Association for Palestine Committee (IAP) which was created by the Muslim Brotherhood in the United States to help Hamas politically and financially. As with most Muslims depending on who you ask he is a quiet, peaceful man. In August 2004 he was arrested after authorities witnessed his wife videotaping Maryland's Chesapeake Bay Bridge from their SUV as Elbarasse drove. The images captured by Elbarasse's wife included close-ups of cables and other features that were "integral to the structural integrity of the bridge."
He was an assistant to Mousa Abu Marzook, deputy chief of Hamas's political wing and the Hamas political director. The two shared a bank account. Elbarasse also maintained a slew of internal Palestine Committee records, which federal investigators found during a 2004 search of his Virginia home. The documents were subsequently used for the prosecution of five Holy Land Foundation officials, found guilty in 2008 of funneling money to Hamas. Those exhibits were admitted into evidence and titled "Elbarasse Search" followed by an identification number.
- SHUKRI ABU BAKER,
- MOHAMMED EL-MEZAIN,
- GHASSAN ELASHI,
- MUFID ABDULQADER,
- ABDULRAHMAN ODEH
He was an assistant to Mousa Abu Marzook, deputy chief of Hamas's political wing and the Hamas political director. The two shared a bank account. Elbarasse also maintained a slew of internal Palestine Committee records, which federal investigators found during a 2004 search of his Virginia home. The documents were subsequently used for the prosecution of five Holy Land Foundation officials, found guilty in 2008 of funneling money to Hamas. Those exhibits were admitted into evidence and titled "Elbarasse Search" followed by an identification number.
- SHUKRI ABU BAKER,
- MOHAMMED EL-MEZAIN,
- GHASSAN ELASHI,
- MUFID ABDULQADER,
- ABDULRAHMAN ODEH