Continuing our look at the upcoming 2008 Islamic Society of North America convention to be held in Columbus less than a month from now, we turn to one of the featured speakers at this year’s event — Hatem Bazian. Bazian is a former fundraising speaker for Kindhearts, a HAMAS front closed by the US government in February 2006 and is listed as a specially designated terrorist organization.
Bazian has long been a regular fixture at Islamic extremist events, making all kinds of incendiary remarks. Consider, for example, a statement he made at a May 1999 American Muslim Alliance conference in California:
And more recently at an April 2004 rally held in San Francisco in support of the Iraqi insurgency (which is still killing US troops there) we find him calling for violence against America (link to video):
Yes, more interfaith moderates from ISNA! Be sure to check out some of our other recent ISNA-related posts:
- 1995 ISNA Convention: Judaism “a most racist religion” (7/28/08)
- DOJ: Facts tie ISNA to HAMAS (7/24/08)
- FBI Declassified Memo: ISNA conferences “provided opportunities for the extreme fundamentalist Muslims to meet with their supporters” (7/23/08)
- Members of Congress ask DOJ to withdraw from 2007 ISNA convention (7/15/08)
- HAMAS terrorist leader thanks ISNA (7/14/08)
The countdown until ISNA occupation continues . . .