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'Hamas' mosque funder

Seeded on Fri Sep 3, 2010 10:17 AM EDT
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politics, terrorism, hamas, funding, mosque, zero, ground, egyptian, rauf
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An Egyptian-born businessman who lives on Long Island — and who once gave thousands of dollars to a Hamas front group — is a major investor in the proposed mosque near Ground Zero, it was reported last night, in the first disclosure of the money behind the controversial project.

Hisham Elzanaty was a "significant investor" in developer Sharif el-Gamal's $4.8 million purchase of the former Burlington Coat Factory building, where the mosque and Islamic cultural center will be built, the donor's lawyer, Wolodymyr Starosolsky, told Fox 5 News.

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Shortly after the Burlington building was acquired, Elzanaty also co-signed a $39million mortgage so that el-Gamal’s company, Soho Properties, could buy a $45.7million building in Chelsea from developer Stei k ff money man,” a source told The Post.

In 1999, he donated $6,000 to the Texas-based Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, which was later shut down because of its ties to terrorism.

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Like I said. Something new every day...

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Reply#2 - Fri Sep 3, 2010 10:19 AM EDT
Kylemmie

From the seeded article...

Elzanaty believed he was spending $500 a month to help orphans, his lawyer told The Post.

In 2002, Elzanaty was quoted in Newsday complaining about what he called a double standard regarding charities.

"When you see people surrounded by tanks and F-16s, you ask how we can help," he told the paper. "But you don't want years later to have a knock on the door and someone asking: Why did you donate money?"

So the argument here is that you don't believe him when he says he thought he was sending money for Orphans?

He was not prosecuted. Thus the entire story is based on your 'belief' that he was lying about knowing where the Foundation was really forwarding his donation too?

Otherwise this entire slam story boils down to demonizing someone for falling for a scam. i.e. Manufactured Outrage

    Reply#3 - Fri Sep 3, 2010 11:03 AM EDT
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