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==About==

==About==

The son of Syrian immigrants, Mazen grew up in a suburb of [[Detroit]]. He attended the University of [[Michigan]] in 1996, with a degree in political science and Islamic studies. He graduated from [[Northwestern University]] law school and then became an attorney in Chicago.

The son of Syrian immigrants, Mazen grew up in a suburb of [[Detroit]]. He attended the University of [[Michigan]] in 1996, with a degree in political science and Islamic studies. He graduated from [[Northwestern University]] law school and then became an attorney in Chicago, currently employed for the Schiff Hardin lawfirm.

==Affiliations & Associations==

==Affiliations & Associations==

*Muslim Student's Association. Asbahi was student president, the MSA has strong ties with the World Assembly of Muslim Youth. That organization been a central focus of federal investigation for terrorist funding and laundering money by Islamist groups following September 11th. <ref>[http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.845/pub_detail.asp U.S. Muslim Brotherhood Employs Standard Rhetorical Tactics in Defense of Former Obama Campaign Adviser] Family Security Matters, August 11, 2008</ref>

*Muslim Student's Association. Asbahi was student president, the MSA has strong ties with the World Assembly of Muslim Youth. That organization been a central focus of federal investigation for terrorist funding and laundering money by Islamist groups following September 11th. <ref>[http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.845/pub_detail.asp U.S. Muslim Brotherhood Employs Standard Rhetorical Tactics in Defense of Former Obama Campaign Adviser] Family Security Matters, August 11, 2008</ref>

   

   

*An eight-year-old connection between Asbahi and [[Jamal Said]], imam at a fundamentalist Bridge-view mosque in [[Illinois]]. Together both had board positions with [[Allied Asset Advisors]], the subsidiary of the North American Islamic Trust. Jamal Said was named in the racketeering trial last year of several alleged Hamas fund-raisers, which ended in a mistrial. <ref>[http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008/08/obamas_muslim_affairs_advisor.html Obama's Muslim Affairs Advisor Resigns] American Thinker.com, August 06, 2008</ref>

*An eight-year-old connection between Asbahi and [[Jamal Said]], imam at a fundamentalist Bridgeview mosque in [[Illinois]]. Together both had board positions with [[Allied Assets Advisors Fund]], the subsidiary of the North American Islamic Trust. Jamal Said was named in the racketeering trial last year of several alleged Hamas fund-raisers, which ended in a mistrial. <ref>[http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008/08/obamas_muslim_affairs_advisor.html Obama's Muslim Affairs Advisor Resigns] American Thinker.com, August 06, 2008</ref>

==Ties With Democrats==

==Ties With Democrats==

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[[category: politics]]

[[Category: Terrorism]]

[[Category: Terrorism]]