A mosque funded by a former NBA star gave $80,000 to organizations identified as front groups for Al-Qaida and Hamas. Hakeem Olajuwon told The Associated Press that he did not know of any links between the groups and terrorism when the donations were made — and that they came before the U.S. government placed the groups, which include the Islamic African Relief Agency and the Holy Land Foundation, on its list of terror supporters.
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