Mamon Hussein

Overview

Mamon Hussein has expressed support for terrorists, honored an anti-Semitic Muslim Brotherhood (MB) cleric and shared pro-MB imagery on social media.

As of July 2019, Hussein was listed as a national board member of American Muslims for Palestine (AMP). He has also shown support for the MB and has promoted the Muslim American Society (MAS) and the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) an offshoot of the MSA.

As of the same date, Hussein’s Facebook page said that he “Worked at” Loyola University (LU) in Chicago.

Supporting Terrorists

On May 15, 2014, Hussein posted an image to Facebook showing support for Palestinian prisoners who were on a hunger strike. Among those who joined the hunger strike was Marwan Barghouti.  

Marwan Barghouti is currently serving five consecutive life sentences for his role in suicide bombings and shooting attacks that killed five Israelis during the second intifada. 

Barghouti led the Palestinian Authority (PA) terrorist Tanzim force and founded the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades. He also financed the guitar-case bomb used in the Sbarro Cafe massacre, where 15 civilians were killed and 130 injured.  

Honoring an Anti-Semitic MB Cleric

On July 20, 2014, Hussein posted to Facebook a photo of himself with his arm around Tareq al-Suwaidan. 

Tareq Al-Suwaidan is a Kuwaiti Muslim Brotherhood leader who has denied the Holocaust, expressed support for Hamas and praised terrorists during the 2015 “Knife Intifada” in Israel. 

In 2009, Al-Suwaidan published a book titled: “The Jews: The Illustrated Encyclopedia” where he reportedly spread anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and claimed that the Nazis killed 20,000 rather than 6,000,000 Jews. He said he wrote the book to “prove with evidence that the Jewish faith, which was falsified, encourages them to betray and deceive.”

Hussein also praised al-Suwaidan in comments on the photo.

Sharing MB Imagery

On August 20, 2013, Hussein posted an image to Facebook of an MB symbol known as “R4BIA,” which was used by MB supporters after MB leader and Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi was deposed that year.

The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) is a transnational Islamist organization founded in Egypt in 1928. It was designated as a terrorist organization by Egypt (2013), Saudi Arabia (2014), the United Arab Emirates (2014) and Bahrain (2017). Among its offshoots is Hamas, a terrorist group dedicated to Israel’s destruction.  

AMP

American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) was founded by UC Berkeley Professor Hatem Bazian as a vehicle to generate mainstream support in the United States for the Palestinian national cause.

On its website, the organization lists Bazian as the chairman of its national board and describes itself as “a national education and grassroots-based organization, dedicated to educating the American public about Palestine and its rich cultural, historical and religious heritage.” 

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has accused AMP of promoting “extreme anti-Israel views and has at times provided a platform for anti-Semitism under the guise of educating Americans” about Palestinians. The ADL further stated that AMP is directly involved in campus-based anti-Israel activity through Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP).

Prior to founding the AMP in 2006, Dr. Bazian created SJP together with fellow UC Berkeley Professor Snehal Shingavi in 2001. The close working relationship between AMP and SJP has been documented several times over the years by several organizations, including NGO Monitor and StandWithUs. 

In addition to providing financial, public relations and legal assistance to SJP, AMP has also been accused of having connections to Hamas. The AMP national board includes former members of both the Islamic Association of Palestine (IAP) and Holy Land Foundation (HLF), both of which were found liable for aiding and abetting Hamas. The IAP was founded by Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook, a senior member of Hamas.

 

Social Media and Weblinks

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