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July 11, 2008

Federal Prosecutors Oppose Action of Civil-Liberties Group in Muslim-Charity Trial

Federal prosecutors on Thursday opposed a move by the American Civil Liberties Union to clear two groups named as unindicted co-conspirators in the federal case against the Holy Land Foundation, reports the Associated Press.

The Islamic Society of North America, in Plainfield, Ind., and the North American Islamic Trust, in Burr Ridge, Ill., were named by the government in its case against the Holy Land Foundation, in Richardson, Tex.

Lawyers for the ACLU moved to expunge the groups’ names from public documents identifying them as unindicted co-conspirators and sought to have the court declare the government’s actions a violation of the Fifth Amendment right to due process.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office filed a court document Thursday saying evidence establishes the two groups’ relationship with defendants in the Holy Land case. They said they also had proof of the groups’ ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and the Palestine Committee, organizations linked to the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

The original case against five Holy Land Foundation officials who were accused of helping finance Hamas, which the United States deems a terrorist organization, ended in a mistrial last year. Another trial is set for this September.

Read The Chronicle’s coverage of the original case.

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