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Islamic Association of Palestine (IAP) was an organization accused of raising money in the United States for Hamas. It described itself as "a not-for-profit, public-awareness, educational, political, social, and civic, national grassroots organization dedicated to advancing a just, comprehensive, and eternal solution to the cause of Palestine and suffrages of the Palestinians." For a time it also used the name American Muslim Society.〔Daniel Pipes and Sharon Chadha, (CAIR: Islamists Fooling the Establishment ), Middle East Forum Quarterly, Spring 2006.〕 Founders included Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook, funder and 1989 member of IAP Board of Directors. It published a magazine, ''Tareeq Filistine'' ''(Road to Palestine)'', ''Ila Filastin'' ''(To Palestine)'' and the newspapers ''Al-Zaytuna'' ''(The Olive)'' and ''Muslim World Monitor''. In December 2004, a federal judge in Chicago ruled that the IAP (along with the Holy Land Foundation) was liable for a $156 million lawsuit for aiding and abetting the terror group Hamas in the death of 17-year-old David Boim, an American citizen. In December 2007 the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit overturned the judge's ruling, holding that plaintiffs failed to prove that financial contributions to Hamas played a direct role in Boim's slaying.〔Darryl Fears, (Ruling Against Muslim Group Is Overturned; Former Charity, Others Not Liable in Teen's Death ), Washington Post, December 29, 2007, A02.〕 In 2008, the Seventh Circuit reheard the case en banc, and ruled in favor of the Boims.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.israellawcenter.org/page.asp?id=335#Boim )〕 Former Islamic Association of Palestine staffers and members were founding members of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).〔 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Islamic Association of Palestine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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