Choosing the Leader of a Muslim Brotherhood-Affiliated Group to Recite a Prayer at His 2009 Inauguration

Choosing the Leader of a Muslim Brotherhood-Affiliated Group to Recite a Prayer at His 2009 Inauguration

• Obama selected Ingrid Mattson—then-president of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), a Muslim Brotherhood-linked group that had previously been named as an un-indicted co-conspirator in a case investigating the illegal funding of Hamas terrorists—to recite a prayer during his inauguration ceremonies in January 2009. The Muslim Brotherhood, which is the ideological forebear of both Hamas and al Qaeda, openly promotes the establishment of a worldwide Islamic caliphate and advocates the destruction of Israel. Later that year, Obama sent his senior adviser, Valerie Jarrett, to be the keynote speaker at ISNA’s national convention.