Alavi Foundation

[4] Most of the charity's income is from rent collected on the Piaget Building, a skyscraper on Fifth Avenue in New York City.

Without rent from the skyscraper, the Alavi Foundation would have almost no way to continue supporting the Islamic centers, which house schools and mosques.

Legal scholars said they know of only a few cases in U.S. history in which law enforcement authorities have seized a house of worship.

Marc Stern, a religious-liberty expert with the American Jewish Congress, called such cases extremely rare.

[6] On April 18, 2014, the Piaget building was seized by authorities due to alleged links to the Iranian government, citing violation of American sanctions against Tehran.

650 Fifth Avenue , a New York City skyscraper that houses the headquarters of the organization, is claimed to be owned by the Foundation [ 1 ]