Who's Behind Islam on Capitol Hill?

I wrote earlier about Islam on Capitol Hill.

Yesterday, Michelle Malkin tells us about the man behind the website and the event. His name is Hassen Ibn Abdellah and he is President of the Elizabeth, New Jersey, Dar ul-Islam, Inc.

He defended Egyptian-born Mahmud Abouhalima, who was convicted of helping to manufacture and transport the bomb detonated in the 1993 attack and is now incarcerated in the Federal "Supermax" prison at Florence, Colorado.

He also represented Numan Maflahi, a New Jersey Muslim tied to al-Qaeda fundraising.

He believes his "time has come." The Newark Star-Ledger explains: "It was President Obama’s words at his inauguration in January, and then his speech in Egypt in June, that led Abdellah and an area imam, Abdul Malik, to begin discussing the idea…."

Ms. Malkin's original piece can be found here.