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Article: Chicago Arab and Muslim Americans Support Mohammad Salah

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November 30, 1998
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CHICAGO ARAB AND MUSLIM AMERICANS SUPPORT MOHAMMAD SALAH

The first in a series of demonstrations in support of Mohammad Salah was held Aug. 14 in front of the federal building in Chicago. Salah, a Palestinian-American resident of Chicago, was arrested by Israeli authorities and served five years in an Israeli prison on charges that he funneled money collected in the United States to the Hamas organization in Palestine.

In June, the U.S. government, in an action that has outraged the Chicago area's huge Muslim community, moved to seize both the personal assets of the Salah family, including their home, and the assets of the Qur'anic Literacy Institute, with which Salah was affiliated. ...

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