Secret Showdown set for Islamic Charity

by Josh Gerstein
August 31, 2010

https://www.legal-project.org/757/secret-showdown-set-for-islamic-charity

Excerpt:

One of the nation's most prominent Muslim organizations, the North American Islamic Trust, is set to face off with the U.S. government in a federal appeals court Monday.

The reputation of the group, known as NAIT, may well hang in the balance, but don't bother trying to attend the court session this afternoon before the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. In a highly unusual move, judges have — without explanation — ordered the arguments closed to the public. The jurists have also put under wraps all of the briefs the two sides filed in the appeal.

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