Muslim to speak at Obama inaugural tied to Hamas

Muslim chosen to speak at Obama inaugural prayer allegedly tied to Hamas

By The Associated Press 1-18-09

"A Muslim scholar chosen to speak at President-elect Barack Obama's inaugural prayer service Wednesday is the leader of a group that federal prosecutors say has ties to terrorists.

Ingrid Mattson, president of the Islamic Society of North America since 2006, is one of many religious leaders scheduled to speak at the prayer service at Washington's National Cathedral.

Mattson has been the guest of honor at State Department dinners and has met with senior Pentagon officials during the Bush administration. She also spoke at a prayer service at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. Mattson, who was elected president of the society in 2006, is a professor of Islamic studies at Hartford Seminary in Hartford, Connecticut.

But in 2007 and as recently as last July, federal prosecutors in Dallas filed court documents linking the Plainfield, Indiana-based Islamic society to the group Hamas, which the U.S. considers a terrorist organization. ........"

www.haaretz.com/hasen/spag...056435.html

So, The only Muslim available has links to Hamas? It seems everybody got so caught-up with the Rev. Rick Warren issue that the Muslim with ties to terrorist organizations got over-looked or just ignored.

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