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The World Assembly of Muslim Youth is an international Islamic educational organization whose stated purpose is “preserve the identity of Muslim youth and help overcome the problems they face in modern society”. Reportedly the world's largest Muslim organization,〔 WAMY organizes conferences, symposia, educational workshops and research circles to address youth and students issues, in addition to football tournaments and European Muslim Scouts camps for Muslim youth in Europe. Along with the Muslim World League, it is part of a "worldwide network of largely Saudi-funded groups", with headquarters in Saudi Arabia. It maintains satellite chapters in 56 other countries and is affiliated with some 500 other Muslim youth groups on five continents.〔 The organization's American office was closed by the US government, and the WAMY has come under scrutiny because of significant financial support from Saudi Arabia and its links to the bin Laden family, however the majority of WAMY branches remain open.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Berkley Center for Religion Peace and World Affairs, Georgetown University )〕 ==History== WAMY was founded in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in 1972 by Muslim Brotherhood member Kamal Helwabi. Helwabi went on to serve as WAMY's executive director until 1982.〔 It's U.S. branch was incorporated in 1992—in Falls Church, Virginia—by Abdullah bin Laden, nephew of al Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden. According to the Pew Center, "between the 1970s and 1990s, the European activities of the Muslim Brotherhood, the Muslim World League and the World Assembly of Muslim Youth became so intertwined that it was often difficult to tell them apart".〔 According to Pew the influence of WAMY and MWL has waned somewhat as social media and blogs have "made it easier for other groups to reach wide audiences".〔 In May 2004, 50 FBI, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Joint Terrorism Task Force agents raided WAMY's office in the United States at Alexandria, Virginia, "seizing all of its computers and hard drives and arresting a volunteer board member, Ibrahim Abdullah, on immigration charges".〔〔 An affidavit signed by one Customs Senior Special Agent David C. Kane stated that a WAMY publication lists people who have attacked Israelis, including a man who killed 14 people by driving a bus off a cliff, as "Heroes from Palestine". Kane writes that a section of that publication, titled "Animosity Toward the Jews", lists reasons for Muslims to hate Jews, including, "The Jews are humanity's enemies: they foment immorality in this world." In a statement, WAMY strongly denied any terrorist ties and said the government had told them the probe is focused only on "immigration issues".〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「World Assembly of Muslim Youth」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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