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ISLAM IN AMERICA, PART 2 How U.S. extremists fund terror Money trail linked to Muslim conference circuit leads to Mideast Posted: January 5, 2004 1:00 a.m. Eastern Editor's note: This is the second of a three-part WND report by Sherrie Gossett, who went inside a recent "mainstream" Muslim conference in Florida to expose the true attitudes and ideas of the leaders of the movement in the U.S. Gossett attended portions of the conference after all other media representatives had packed up and left the event. In Part 1, Gossett analyzed the words and backgrounds of some of the keynote speakers...

Florida Islamic Conference Outed As Jihad-Fest By Beila Rabinowitz & William A. Mayer (Washington) PipeLineNews - Although possibly viewed as heretical – in some quarters - it is really hard to ignore the fact that one of Mohammed’s prime intentions, when creating Islam was to unite the warring Arab tribes and factions into one nation. This statement is not meant to demean the softer, more lofty side of the religion - especially considering that much of it is derived from the Bible – but it is really necessary to grasp this key fact - of Islam’s practicality and historic...

Ralph Nader's office denied reports today the Green Party leader and consumer advocate was scheduled to headline an Islamic conference featuring a controversial Muslim cleric famous for virulent anti-Semitic rhetoric. But the head of the Islamic conference confirmed to WorldNetDaily the 2000 presidential candidate, an Arab American, had been invited. Nader and Sheik Abdur-Rahman Al-Sudais were listed on Internet invitations as the two "specially invited guests" who would speak at the inaugural conference of "Islam for Humanity," scheduled for Dec. 19-21 at the campus of the Universal Heritage Foundation, a 31-acre Islamic center near Disney World. The program also has...