Islamic Society of North America
The Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) is a Plainfield, Illinois-based umbrella organization that describes its vision as being “an exemplary and unifying Islamic organization in North America that contributes to the betterment of the Muslim community and society at large.” ISNA emerged out of the early US Muslim Brotherhood infrastructure and was named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation terrorism trial as a result of what the US Justice Department called the organization’s “intimate relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood, the Palestine Committee, and the defendants in this case.” Recent evidence of ISNA’s influence on US politics includes an ISNA leader participating at a Trump administration security conference, and Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders’ and Julian Castro‘s speaking appearance at ISNA’s annual conference.