Keep this ‘moderate’ Muslim in jail

The feds want to cut the 23-year prison sentence of a Hamas-linked one-time leading U.S. “moderate” Muslim. He may shortly be released from federal prison, and as an American citizen, he can stay in this country.

Islamic supremacist Abdurahman Alamoudi is Grover Norquist’s good buddy and partner. He has been in jail since 2003, after pleading guilty to illegal dealings with Libya and to being paid over $500,000 (in cash) by Libyan officials as part of an al-Qaida assassination plot against the Saudi king (a longtime target of Islamic jihadists for his Islamic laxity and alliance with the U.S.).

Now, federal prosecutors are asking a judge to cut Alamoudi’s prison term. According to the Associated Press, “the documents explaining why prosecutors want to cut Alamoudi’s sentence are under seal, but such reductions are allowed only when a defendant provides substantial assistance to the government.” What kind of assistance? Who determined its value? Who is behind this? His release could be connected to the Obama administration’s plan to open up talks with the Muslim Brotherhood, as a gesture to show the Brotherhood Obama’s good will.

Back in 2009, Insight magazine wrote that “Norquist was Alamoudi’s most influential Washington facilitator,” who “introduced Alamoudi to Washington GOP power circles.” Alamoudi “ran, directed, founded or funded at least 15 Muslim political-action and charitable groups” which “helped inch the image of U.S.-based Islamists toward the political mainstream and induced politicians to embrace his organizations,” including Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. “Alamoudi and other Muslim leaders met with Bush in Austin in July [2000], offering to support his bid for the White House in exchange for Bush’s commitment to repeal certain antiterrorist laws.”

Alamoudi’s influence was huge. He positioned a Hamas-linked Muslim Brotherhood front group, the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), to approve Muslim chaplains for the U.S. military and prison system. ISNA still has that privilege.

Meanwhile, “canceled checks obtained by Insight show Alamoudi provided seed money to start a GOP-oriented Muslim group called the Islamic Institute, which Norquist originally chaired. Alamoudi gave the Islamic Institute a $10,000 loan and a gift of another $10,000. The founding director of the Islamic Institute was Khaled Saffuri, a Palestinian Muslim who had previously been active in Islamic groups in Bosnia. Alamoudi reportedly also gave $50,000 to the lobbying group Janus-Merritt Strategies, which Norquist co-founded.

In 2008, journalist Paul Sperry wrote that Norquist had a “wicked project to dress Islamists up as patriotic Republicans so they can infiltrate the government.” Norquist sponsored Kamal Nawash’s unsuccessful bid to become Republican Party leader in Virginia; Nawash was Alamoudi’s attorney. Norquist also aided previous failed political runs by Nawash – including Nawash’s 2003 Virginia state Senate bid, to which Saffuri gave money. Norquist also aided Faisal Gill’s failed run for the Virginia state legislature in 2007. Gill, like Nawash, was an associate of Alamoudi. During his run, he took $3,000 in contributions from the pro-jihad Safa group.

Alamoudi was an open supporter of Hamas and Hezbollah. In 2000, Alamoudi said at a rally, “I have been labeled by the media in New York to be a supporter of Hamas. Anybody support Hamas here? … Hear that, Bill Clinton? We are all supporters of Hamas. I wished they added that I am also a supporter of Hezbollah.” Alamoudi was at that time head of the now-defunct “moderate” group known as American Muslim Council (AMC), and he was active in other Muslim groups in the U.S. that showed sympathy to or support for jihadists.

A 2004 article by Daniel Pipes reveals that “Alamoudi’s Palm Pilot, seized at the time of his arrest, contained contact information for seven men designated as global terrorists by U.S. authorities. Also, law enforcement found an unsigned Arabic-language document in Alamoudi’s office with ideas for Hamas to undertake ‘operations against the Israelis to delay the peace process.’ And Alamoudi has at least indirect links to Osama bin Laden through the Taibah International Aid Association, a U.S. non-profit where he served along with Abdullah A. bin Laden, Osama’s nephew.”

Yet so confident was Norquist in his subversive influence in the Bush White House that the New York Times reported in 2006 that “Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform and a strategist close to the White House, warned that Republicans could squander what the party had gained if lawmakers did not embrace a more welcoming vision of America.”

Tell that to the ummah.

Why does the Republican Party tolerate the subversive Norquist? And is Norquist behind the push to cut Alamoudi’s sentence? I don’t care how much dirty money he greases the corruptible with. Norquist fiercely opposed the Patriot Act. He fiercely supports Obama’s desire to close Gitmo. He supports trying the 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Muhammad in civilian court. He supports transferring Gitmo detainees to Thomson, Ill. He supports open borders. He openly aligns with Muslim Brotherhood groups, under the guise of outreach and inclusiveness.

Republicans must shun this security-undermining infiltrator. Our next president (and every elected official) must never engage in “outreach” efforts when the price is our national security and sovereignty.

And Abdurahman Alamoudi should stay in prison where he belongs.