WASHINGTON
Ingrid Mattson, president of the Islamic Society of North
America, is one of six religious leaders scheduled to speak at the
national prayer service. She has been a guest of honor at State
Department functions and met with senior Defense officials during
the Bush administration.
But the Connecticut-based Islamic group was also named in
federal court documents as recently as July as having ties to the
group Hamas. The group has not been charged.
A spokeswoman for the inaugural committee says Mattson has a
stellar reputation.
The existence of the court documents was first reporter by
Politico.
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