I got this information a few days ago, but have been so frightfully busy that I haven’t had a chance to get together some of the pertinent links to illustrate just who counts as a worthy speaker in an American mosque now that we are embarked on Year Four of the war on terror. Wahaj’s speaking engagement in Boston (on November 20) is nothing unusual — he speaks regularly to Islamic groups all over the country. And now the estimable Solomon has done the job for me:
On November 17, an invitation appeared on the Islamic Society of Boston’s email distribution list inviting everyone to a fundraising dinner on the 20th to be held at the Mosque for the Praising of Allah in Roxbury, Massachusetts. First among the featured speakers was Imam Siraj Wahaj.
Who is Imam Siraj Wahaj?
He’s a board member of the Islamic Society of North America: American al-Qaida suspect’s imam headed probed group – Congress poring over tax records of ISNA to see if Muslim nonprofit got Saudi money…
He has an agenda: Jihad Watch: Florida Islamic Conference Outed As Jihad-Fest…
He knows who his friends are: FrontpageMag: UCLA Sponsors of Terrorism…
Read it all. Solomon provides more links and copious quotes from each. Sol, my hat is off to you.