Islamic groups linked to Holy Land case

Federal prosecutors named three prominent Islamic organizations among the co-conspirators in a criminal case against a defunct charity that allegedly helped fund Hamas.The New York Sun reported that in the case against five former officials of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, among the 300 individuals and entities as co-conspirators listed in a court filing released last week were the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the Islamic Society of North America and the North American Islamic Trust. The three groups are not charged in the case.The document gave few details about how the three organizations were involved in the Holy Land Foundation’s alleged funneling of money to Hamas. Federal officials froze the foundation’s assets in 2001.An Islamic Society official denied that his group was involved in the scandal. Neither the Islamic Trust or CAIR, which has been singled as being soft on Arab terror, could be reached for comment.