Joel Mowbray reports in the Washington Times that U.S. money is going to universities which openly support terrorists, or have student groups that do so. Regarding Islamic University in Gaza:
The organization held a two-day conference in 2005 on the "martyrdom" of former Hamas spiritual leader and founder Sheik Ahmed Yassin, who was killed in an Israeli air strike in 2004. Sheik Yassin founded the school in 1978.
Sheik Yassin and former Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantisi used Islamic University as a base, as has Ismail Haniyeh, prime minister in the Hamas-led Palestinian government and a member of the school's board of trustees.
Sixteen Islamic University lecturers and teachers are elected Hamas members of the Palestinian legislature. In 2005, 78 percent of the student council vote went to Hamas, according to a Palestinian newspaper article provided by Palestinian Media Watch.
I fail to see how Islamic University is not a supporter of terrorism, based on this. Read the whole article: School linked to Hamas gets U.S. cash.
Palestinian Media Watch has an in-depth report on the subject - an executive summary is available at http://www.pmw.org.il/USAID.html
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