Biography
Mufid Abdulqader was a Palestinian born United States citizen who worked as a senior project manager in the public works and transportation Department for the City of Dallas Texas and spent his free time volunteering for the Holy Land Foundation. The largest Islamic charity in the United States. The Israeli government lobbied for years to have it shut down, and after 9/11, President Bush signed an executive order declaring the group a domestic terrorist organization. The government arrested its employees and argued that by building infrastructure in Palestine with charity money, it negated the need for the elected government of Palestine, which was Hamas, to build their own infrastructure. Thus, they could use the money they would have spent on hospitals instead on terrorism. After a number of mistrials and acquittals, the US government was able to convict 5 members of the board, including Abdulqader, who was sentenced to 20 years in jail.
