Tuesday's action involved the seizure of about $1.25 million in cash and some $150,000 in other assets from Mohammed Salah and his wife, Azita, and the Quranic Literacy Institute in Oak Lawn near Chicago. The Institute claims to be a non-profit group devoted to the publication of Islamic texts. However, according to the FBI, the group was a front group for Hamas fund-raising activities. Justice Department officials said the assets seized were used to finance Hamas activities in Israel, including the purchase of weapons, extortion, kidnapping and murder.