A Timeline of the Associations of Saleha Abedin, Syed Abedin and Huma Abedin

DATE
Early
1970s
1976

1977

1978-1979

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US GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATONS
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD ASSOCIATIONS
http://books.google.com/books?id=fMMf8wd1VeYC&pg=PT2
17&lpg=PT217&dq=#v=onepage&q&f=false
Huma Abedin born in Michigan
while Saleha Mahmoud Abedin
completes Ph.D. on a Fulbright
Scholarship, moves to Saudi Arabia 2
years later
Saleha Mahmoud Abedin and Syed Z. Abedin both receive
Ph.D.s from the University of Pennsylvania, and return to
Saudi Arabia.
Saleha Mahmoud Abedin and Syed Z. Abedin help manage
the Institute of Muslim Minority Affairs (IMMA) at the King
Abdul Aziz University in Saudi Arabia, as an initiative of the
Saudi Muslim World League (MWL)and the World Assembly
of Muslim Youth (WAMY)
(http://www.imma.org.uk/jmma.htm;
http://globalmbreport.com/?p=2641). IMMA is founded and
chaired at the university by Abdullah Omar Naseef, Secretary
General of the Muslim World League, who will found the
Rabita Trust in 1988 (designated a terrorist funding entity in
October 2001).
http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/congress/021202se.p
df and
http://sept11terrorlitigation.com/pdf/Euro_Brokers_Complai
nt.pdf
Naseef will continue to help Syed and Saleha Abedin and their
children for the next three decades. See Pew Research on
Muslim World League
http://www.pewforum.org/Muslim/Muslim-Networks-andMovements-in-Western-Europe-Muslim-World-League-andWorld-Assembly-of-Muslim-Youth.aspx and also Jamestown
Foundation report
http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews
%5Btt_news%5D=472

1988

Abdullah Omar Naseef creates the Rabita Trust, which is later

designated as a Global Terrorist Entity.
(http://www.arabnews.com/node/359595;
http://www.shoebat.com/documents/Huma_Brotherhood_C
onnections_072412.pdf;
http://www.adl.org/main_Terrorism/Muslim_World_League
_Backgrounder.htm?Multi_page_sections=sHeading_4)
According to court documents from the Lloyds lawsuit: 180.
Dr. Naseef similarly called on Muslims to support the
Palestinian Intifada against Israel. In the March 23, 1992
edition of the Al Alam Al Islami, the MWL published a

March 23,
1992

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manifesto issued by Dr. Naseef urging Muslims to support

jihad and the Palestinian Intifada, and further directing
donations be deposited into a MWL bank account to support
the Intifada. The bank account was identified as being at the
National Commercial Bank, Account No. 01/14807000107
http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/case_docs/1
680.pdf
The International Islamic Committee for Woman and Child
(IICWC), chaired by Dr. Saleha Abedin, is officially organized
as part of the International Islamic Council for Dawah and
Relief (IICDR) . Dr. Saleha Abedin is identified (high
probability) as Dr.S.Abdien (IICW&CH) , as one of the
Excellencies Presidents of Specialized Committee on the
IICDR Presidency Staff Council.
http://www.dialogueonline.org/brief.htm

1995

September
1995

1996

Hillary Clinton identifies Sharifa

Alkhateeb of the North American
Council for Muslim
Women .Sharifa was the chair of
the Muslim Caucus in Beijing in
1995.
http://www.amaana.org/ISWEB/ra
madan.htm
Huma Abedin becomes an intern for
the First Lady, Hillary Clinton

August
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Kamel Al Shareef is listed as the IICDR Secretary General in

numerous places. An early leader of the Muslim
Brotherhood, he is said to have known Hassan al Banna, the
founder of the Muslim Brotherhood. Kamel Al Shareef/IICDR
are listed as founders and trustees for the Union of Good.
The Union of Good is designated a terrorist funding entity by
Israel in 2002 and by the U.S. in 2008. The IICDR itself is
designated by Israel in 2008.
http://www.globalmbwatch.com/wpcontent/uploads/2013/04/27722114-The-Union-of-Good-AGlobal-Muslim-Brotherhood-Hamas-Fundraising-NetworkNEFA-Foundation.pdf
Saleha Mahmoud Abedin , participates in the Fourth World
Conference on Women in Beijing, PR China
(http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/beijing/fwcwn.html;
http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/events/2006/2/18islami
c%20world/20060218bios.pdf, page 3)

Huma Abedins name first appears as Assistant Editor on the

Institute for Muslim Minority Affairs (IMMA) Journal, founded
by Abdullay Omar Naseef, founder of IMMA, also founder of
the specially designated (for terrorism) Rabita Trust (see
Senate Testimony
http://dmu.academia.edu/ZaherAlshehri/Papers/711390/Ter
rorism_Financing_Origination_Organization_and_Prevention
_Saudi_Arabia_Terrorist_Financing_and_the_War_on_Terror
), Secretary General of the Saudi-funded Muslim
Brotherhoods Muslim World League
http://www.adl.org/main_Terrorism/Muslim_World_League
_Backgrounder.htm
Al-Qaeda declares war on America: Declaration of War
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1996

against the Americans Occupying the Land of the Two Holy

Places
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/terrorism/international/fatw
a_1996.html
Dr. Saleha Mahmoud Abedin is now leading the International
Islamic Committee for Woman and Child.
Dignitaries at the opening ceremonies. Turkish Prime
Minister, H.E. Mr. Nejmuttin Erbakan (3rd from right) and H.
E. Mr. Kamel Al Shareef, Secretary General of the
International Islamic Committee for Da'wah and Relief at the
5th Meeting of the IICWC, Istanbul Turkey, 21 - 24
October, 1996. Saleha Mahmoud makes a presentation, and
is elected (Dr. Saleha S. Mahmood) to represent the USA.

October
1996

1997

Huma Abedin becomes hired as a

staff assistant to the First Ladys
chief of staff, Maggie Williams
http://observer.com/2007/04/hillar
ys-mystery-woman-who-ishuma/?show=all
1997 - 2000 Huma Abedin described as backup
to Mrs. Clintons permanent
personal aide, Allison Stein
http://observer.com/2007/04/hillar
ys-mystery-woman-who-ishuma/?show=all
1998

Huma Abedin on Muslim Students Association Executive

Board, George Washington University (may refer to 1996
MSA)
http://web.archive.org/web/19970607191618/http://www.g
wu.edu/~msa/board.htm

Publication of the earlier 1970s plan, Efforts by the Servant

of the Two Holy Places on a world-wide plan for Muslim
minorities, citing to the work of IMMAs Sayd Zayn Abedin
(Ref on P.p. 134, 1998)
http://www.ipc.org.kw/library/download.php?x=2&id=470
Al-Qaeda issues 2nd Fatwa declaring a religious justification
for killing Americans and Jews indiscriminately.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/terrorism/international/fatw
a_1996.html

1998

August 7,
1998
Before
1999

The relationship between the IICWC and the IICDR is again

confirmed: The Secretary General of IICDR, Mr. Kamil Al
Sharif gave the opening speech in which he outlined the
objectives of the IICWC and the rational behind its
establishment as part of its umbrella organization, IICDR.
http://www.iicwc.org/english/iicwc/news/news4/9.htm
Heba Abedin, Huma Abedins sister, contributes to the
Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, serving on her Editorial
Board, which she continues to do today.
(http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1360200970
8716371; http://www.imma.org.uk/editorialboard.htm)

U.S. Embassy bombings in Tanzania

and Kenya
IMMA publishes Arabic Edition of Women in Islam: A
Discourse in Rights and Obligations by Saudi academic
Fatima Umar Naseef, reportedly sister of Abdulla Omar
Naseef. (Source: Title pages on translation, Women in
Islam 1999 English edition).
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1999

International Islamic Committee for Woman & Child (IICWC),

chaired by Dr. Saleha Abedin, a subsidiary of the International
Islamic Council for Dawah and Relief, publishes the English
edition of Naseefs Women In Islam. The book advocates
honor killings by stoning for adultery, permissibility of female
genital mutilation, womens equal rights to perform violent
jihad, states that it is not unlawful to kill apostates, and that
man-made laws enslave women
http://supportsecurefreedom.org/wpcontent/uploads/2012/07/CSP-Analysis-of-excerpts-fromWomen-in-Islam-and-IICWC-IICDR-Relationship.pdf
Full book online:
http://www.iicwc.org/lagna/catig/products/fatma/
Saleha, Huma Abedins mother, is among the founders of Dar
al-Hekma college in Saudi Arabia, rising to become Vice-Dean
of Academic Affairs and Vice Dean of institutional
advancement.
(http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/events/2006/2/18islam
ic%20world/20060218bios.pdf, page 3;
http://www.arabnews.com/node/233997;
http://globalmbreport.org/?p=2242)

September
1999

January
2000
2006

Huma Abedin promoted to be Mrs.

Clintons personal aide and advisor
around the time of the 2000 Senate
race
http://observer.com/2007/04/hillar
ys-mystery-woman-who-ishuma/?show=all

The March 2001 Dar al-Hekma College website

(http://web.archive.org/web/20010308205807/http://www.
daralhekma.edu.sa/ABOUT/admin.asp ) shows other Dar elHekma Establishers are Mohammed Salem Bin
Mahfouz ,Yaseen Abdullah Kadi ( specially designated global
terrorist by the U.S. Treasury
http://regulations.vlex.com/vid/blocked-terrorists-narcoticstraffickers-28406885 and UN Security Council), Abdullah
Saleh Kamel (Golden Chain terrorism funder
http://www.biu.ac.il/Besa/MSPS74.pdf )
International Islamic Council for Da`wah & Relief inaugurates
new building in Cairo. The Councils board convened on the
day following inauguration. Dr. Muhammad `Abdul `Aziz AlNujaify (the General Secretary of the IICWC) and Dr. Saleha
M. Abedin (the Chairperson of the IICWC) attended the
meeting. IICDRs Board delegation visits the IICWCs
Executive Office in Cairo The International Islamic Council
for Da`wah and Reliefs board delegation visited the IICWCs
Executive Office in Cairo and inspected its different sections.
The delegation was formed of Mr. Kamal Al-Sharif (the
Councils General Secretary)
http://web.archive.org/web/20010824090509/http://www.g
eocities.com/Wellesley/Gazebo/9807/english/fils/news/4/8.h
tm

September 9-11 attack on the United States.

11, 2001
October 12, The U.S. Treasury designates Yaseen
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Abdullah Kadi, an Establisher,

Trustee, and financer of Dar elHekma college, as a terrorist.
Abdullah Omar Naseefs Rabita Trust
is designated as a Global Terrorist
Entity.
(http://globalmbreport.org/?p=2242
;
http://www.shoebat.com/documen
ts/Huma_Brotherhood_Connections
_072412.pdf;
http://www.adl.org/main_Terrorism
/Muslim_World_League_Backgroun
der.htm?Multi_page_sections=sHea
ding_4)

December
2, 2002
September
24, 2008

Huma Abedin continues as an Assistant Editor at the Institute

of Muslim Minority Affairs (IMMA), now also listed on the
public website.
(http://web.archive.org/web/20021202142005/http:/www.i
mma.org.uk/editorialboard.htm;
http://web.archive.org/web/20080924122842/http:/www.im
ma.org.uk/editorialboard.htm)
Abdullah Omar Naseef serves on the IMMA Advisory Editorial
Board from 1979 to 2003, and is listed at the public website
from 2002-2003
(http://web.archive.org/web/20021202142005/http:/www.i
mma.org.uk/editorialboard.htm;
http://web.archive.org/web/20031203063833/http:/www.im
ma.org.uk/editorialboard.htm)

December
2, 2002
December
3, 2003

2002

Israel designates the Union of Good

as a terrorist funding entity. Dr.
Abedins IICWC is a subsidiary of the
IICDR, and IICDR Secretary General
Kamel al Shareef is a founder and
trustee member of the Union of
Good.
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Govern
ment/Communiques/2008/Defense
+Minister+signs+order+banning+Ha
masaffiliated+charitable+organizations+
7-Jul-2008.htm

May 2004

2006-2008

In the website captured May 20, 2004 at archive.org

(http://web.archive.org/web/20040520021047/http://iicwc.c
om/history.htm ) the website banner combines logos of the
IICWC and the IICDR, showing they are still tightly affiliated.
Traveling Chief of Staff, to Hillary
Clinton

2004-2008

Hassan Abedin, Humas brother, was an Abdullah bin Abdul

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Aziz Fellow and Development Officer of The Islamic Trust

under the supervision of Muslim Brotherhood spiritual head
and its international liaison Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, along
with Abdullah Omar Naseef, the founder of Rabita Trust, a
Specially Designated Global Terrorist Entity by the U.S. Naseef
has been the Chairman of the Board and Qaradawi a Board
member of the Oxford-based Islamic Trust.
(http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends72%5
C0000293072_ac_20050331_e_c.pdf, pages 7 and 16;
http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends72%5C
0000293072_AC_20060331_E_C.PDF, pages 7 and 15;
http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends72%5C
0000293072_ac_20080331_e_c.pdf, pages 12 and 16)
Hassan Abedin, Humas brother, was a member of the Oxford
Center for Islamic Studies, part of the Islamic Trust , and
Director of OXCIS Limited, a holding company for Islamic
Trust real estate
http://www.yasni.co.uk/hassan+abedin/check+people/oxcis
%20limited?bck&tag=other
(http://liveweb.archive.org/http:/alqumaa.net/vb/showthrea
d.php?t=45524)

2004-2010

April 2007

New York Observer feature on

Huma Abedin: It may have
happened in the background, but
Ms. Abedin has indeed become a
trusted advisor to Mrs. Clinton,
especially on issues pertaining to the
Middle East, according to a number
of Clinton associates. At meetings
on the region, they say, Ms.
Abedins perspective is always
sought out.
http://observer.com/2007/04/hillar
ys-mystery-woman-who-ishuma/?show=all

September
24, 2008

2008

The last recorded capture from the IMMA Journal showing

Huma Abedin as Assistant Editor. Later captures of the
webpage show her name removed.
http://web.archive.org/web/20080924122842/http://www.i
mma.org.uk/editorialboard.htm
Israel bans the IICDR, and the U.S.
bans the Union of Good, founded
and run by IICDR and other groups.
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Govern
ment/Communiques/2008/Defense
+Minister+signs+order+banning+Ha
masaffiliated+charitable+organizations+
7-Jul-2008.htm
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January,
2009

Huma Abedin becomes Deputy Chief

of Staff to Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton.
State Department Clearance
Procedures should have been
followed.
http://www.state.gov/m/ds/clearan
ces/60321.htm#b

February
16, 2010

Huma Abedin brings Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to

speak at Dar el-Hekma College, founded by two widelyknown funders of terrorism and her mother, Dr. Saleha
Mahmoud Abedin
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2010/02/136789.htm
(http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123
776306)

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Saleha, Syed and Huma Abedin: Sample Exhibits

1979 Launch of Institute of Muslim Minority Affairs and the IMMA Journal, essay by Abdullah Omar Naseef (identified as
Chairman, IMMA)

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1996 Huma Abedin first appears on Masthead as Assistant Editor, IMMA Journal, founded by Muslim World Leagues
Abdullah Omar Naseef (also on masthead as Advisor)

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1997 Huma Abedin member of the Muslim Student Association Executive Board, George Washington University

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Dar Al Hekma College (where Huma Abedin took Sec. of State Hillary Clinton 2/2010; Dr. Saleha M. Abedin is senior
administrator) Establishers as listed at website 2001 - Note: Mohammed Salem Bin Mahfooz, Yaseen Abdullah Kadi,
Abdullah Saleh Kamel have been identified as associated with terrorist financing in court proceedings.

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May 20, 2004 capture of the History page of IICWC website, showing the International Islamic Council for Dawah and
Relief logo on the right side.

The IICWC was a subsidiary organization of the IICDR, which was a founding member (and trustee member through
Kamel al-Shareef) of the Union of Good. The Union of Good was designated a terrorist funding entity by Israel in 2002,
and by the U.S. in 2008. The IICDR itself was designated as a terrorist funding group by Israel in 2008. Dr. Saleha Abedin
was Chair of the IICWC as described in this same page (spelling variation on Arabic transliteration), as well as in
numerous other places:

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AND Dr. Saleha Abedin was listed as member of the Presidency Staff Council at the IICDR last line, first paragraph:
Dr.S.Abdien (IICW&CH), along with Naseef (here spelled Nasif) and Kamel al Sharif:

September 24, 2008 the last date that Huma Abedins name is shown at the IMMA Journal

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