[1] Rabih Haddad was born into a largely Christian family in Lebanon not long before the Lebanese civil war.
[1] He began his studies at the American University of Beirut but moved to the United States when his parents feared for his safety during the Lebanese civil war.
[1] Global Relief Foundation, also known as Fondation Secours Mondial (FSM), was started in 1992 as a non-profit charitable organization, and became the largest Islamic charity in the United States.
[3] In January 2002, several news organizations, the American Civil Liberties Union, and U.S. Representative John Conyers (D-Detroit) sued Attorney General John Ashcroft, Immigration Judge Elizabeth Hacker, and Michael Creppy, who was the nation's chief immigration judge.
[1] In April 2002 U.S. District Court Judge ruled that his hearings must be opened but the Justice Department appealed the decision.
[1] The Global Anti-Aggression Campaign (GAAC) was started in Qatar by Dr. Abd al-Rahman al-Nuaimi, a founding member of the Sheikh Eid Organization.