Nihad Awad or Nihad Hammad or ?

Submitted by Ali Khan (United States), Sep 24, 2009 at 23:47

I have learned that Nihad Awad of CAIR has two names, is he also known as Nihad Hammad and lives in Fairfax County, Virginia-if so, this is scary, please comment if it is so.

i live in Alexandria and worry about radical Muslims such as he causing trouble for us.

I read with much information about efforts to stop the Islamic Saudi Academy from expanding, the Saudis have caused much trouble for other Muslims, at a hearing over expansion, someone said the founder of CAIR had people there to speak for expansion, I say no, because CAIR site said they were not members of the Wahhabi Lobby-but my friend say Awad was there, but did not speak-but some in his family did. This is why i wonder about the two names.

If he is a good man, why does he not use real name-my friend say he used a child to speak for him there, how can a good Muslim man do this? I am fearful of Awad and his men, their friends where i used to live caused much trouble for us-we had to leave.

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