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The North American Islamic Trust (NAIT) is a Saudi-backed organization based in Plainfield, Indiana, that owns Islamic properties and promotes ''waqf'' (Islamic endowments) in North America. It is the financial arm of the Muslim Students Association.〔(''The Muslims of America'', Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, Oxford University Press US, 1993, ISBN 0-19-508559-0, ISBN 978-0-19-508559-4, accessed December 12, 2009 )〕〔(''Islam and the Blackamerican: looking toward the third resurrection'', p. 71, Sherman A. Jackson, Oxford University Press US, 2005, ISBN 0-19-518081-X, 9780195180817, accessed December 12, 2009 )〕 NAIT finances and holds titles to mosques, Islamic schools, and other real estate to safeguard and pool the assets of the American Muslim community, develops financial vehicles and financial products that are compatible with both Shari'ah and American law, publishes and distributes Islamic literature, provides legal advice to Muslim organizations, and facilitates and coordinates Islamic community projects.〔(''American Jihad'', Steven Emerson, Simon and Schuster, 2003, ISBN 0-7434-7750-2, ISBN 978-0-7434-7750-5, accessed December 12, 2009 )〕 On October 20, 2010, Judges Garza, Benavides, and Crone of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals found that the U.S. Department of Justice violated the Fifth Amendment rights of the North American Islamic Trust (NAIT), and by implication the rights of more than 300 similarly-named Muslim organizations and individuals, such as CAIR, when it included them on the publicly-filed un-indicted co-conspirator list in 2007. The court also ruled that inclusion on the list was the result of "simply an untested allegation of the Government made in anticipation of a possible evidentiary dispute that never came to pass." The listing is simply part of tactical pre-trial maneuvering and not an indicator of guilt. In 2011, Attorney General Eric Holder indicated that Department of Justice officials determined after "looking at the facts and the law, a prosecution would not be appropriate." This conclusion was reached after two reviews conducted under both the Bush and Obama administrations. ==Background== NAIT is a not-for-profit entity that qualifies as a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. NAIT was established in 1973 in Indiana by the Muslim Students Association (MSA) of the United States and Canada, the predecessor of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), by some of the same Muslim Brotherhood members who started the MSA.〔(''Muslims in America: A Short History'', p. 121, Edward E. Curtis, Oxford University Press US, 2009, ISBN 0-19-536756-1, ISBN 978-0-19-536756-0, accessed December 12, 2009 )〕〔(Mintz, John, and Farah, Douglas, "In Search Of Friends Among The Foes; U.S. Hopes to Work With Diverse Group", Washington Post, September 11, 2004, accessed December 12, 2009 )〕 ISNA's President, Dr. Ingrid Mattson Mattson, is a former member of the NAIT board of directors.〔( North American Islamic Trust: About Us )〕 A sister organization under the same name registered a few years later in the Canadian province of Ontario.〔(''Religion and politics: Islam and Muslim civilisation'', pp. 100–01, Jan-Erik Lane, Hamadi Redissi, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2004, ISBN 0-7546-4167-8, ISBN 978-0-7546-4167-4, accessed December 12, 2009 )〕 NAIT supports and provides services to ISNA, MSA, their affiliates, and other Islamic centers and institutions.〔(''Islam in Black America: identity, liberation, and difference in African-American Islamic thought'', p. 120, Edward E. Curtis, SUNY Press, 2002, ISBN 0-7914-5370-7, ISBN 978-0-7914-5370-4, accessed December 12, 2009 )〕 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「North American Islamic Trust」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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