Holy Land Foundation Affair

From 9/11 Encyclopedia:

Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charity organization. HLF was founded in 1987
in Los Angeles, California as the Occupied Land Fund to raise funds for what it viewed as Muslim victims of the Palestinian uprising, 
by its President and CEO, Shukri A. Baker.

In 1991, it changed its name to HLF, and it moved to Richardson, Texas in 1993. 
 The HLF has been active in raising funds for Palestinian Muslims in Israel, Lebanon, and the Palestinian Authority.

In recent years it diverted some of its attention to other parts of the world such as Chechnya, Kosovo and Turkey, 
sending missions and collecting donations. HLF calls itself the nation's largest Islamic charity. 

The trial of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF), a charity long suspected of supporting terrorists by funneling money to Hamas and its officials, ended in a mistrial after a federal jury in Dallas, Texas, failed to come to a unanimous decision on most counts.  
Federal prosecutors have indicated that they will retry the case, but as of November 2007, no formal decision has been announced. 

HLF was shut down and its assets frozen by the government in December 2001 after it was designated to be a charity that provided material and logistical support to Hamas under Executive Orders 13224 and 12947.  Shukri Abu Baker, the charity's chief executive, denied any connection to Hamas and HLF filed a lawsuit against the government challenging the freezing of its assets.

During the trial, several Muslim organizations joined together with an anti-war group and other organizations to form a coalition in support of HLF. The coalition, dubbed "Hungry for Justice," includes the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the Muslim American Society (MAS) and the ANSWER Coalition. 

Shukri Abu Baker: co-founder, president and chief executive officer.

§         "Numerous FBI sources have identified Baker as being a member of Hamas," according to a memo drafted by former FBI counterterrorism director Dale L. Watson. Baker was introduced as the "senior vice president in Hamas" ("second only to Mohammed El Mezain") at a 1994 Islamic Association of Palestine conference in Culver City, California, according to an informant cited in the memo.

§         Baker was one of three HLF leaders who attended the October 1993 meeting in Philadelphia with Hamas activists.

§         At least eleven trips by Hamas leaders to the U.S. were charged to two American Express accounts bearing Baker's name along with HLF 's, according to the FBI. (One account used HLF's original name, the Occupied Land Fund.) 

Source: ADL