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Islamic Body Denounces U.S. Over Raids
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RIYADH, March 23 (News Agencies) - The Muslim World League has denounced U.S. law enforcement agencies for raiding its offices, as part of a crackdown on Islamic organizations in the United States, a newspaper reported Saturday.
The league's secretary general, Abdullah al-Turki, said he had asked the offices in the United States to "urgently send a report on the incident," Al-Madina newspaper reported.
"When we get confirmation, we must take practical action," said Turki, who did not rule out filing a lawsuit against the American government.
U.S. Muslim group expressed outrage Thursday over raids on a number of Muslim offices and homes, including those of respected leaders and some of their families, in the Washington DC area, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported.
Organizations targeted included the International Institute of Islamic Thought, the Fiqh Council of North America and the Muslim World League, which has its headquarters in Islam's holiest city of Mecca.
Some 150 law enforcement agents armed with 14 warrants stormed Wednesday into the offices and homes in a synchronized operation, confiscating computers, bank statements and other items, the Muslim leaders said, reported AFP.
Turki strongly denied the League had any links with terrorism or had "provided any financial or moral backing to any terrorist organization," saying his organization was involved only in serving Islam and Muslims.
The raids were ostensibly carried out as part of Washington's post-September 11 "war on terror."
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