United Association for Studies and Research
The United Association for Studies and Research (UASR) was a think tank founded in Chicago in 1989. The group stated that it was committed "the study of ongoing issues in the Middle East, such as the Arab–Israeli conflict". Founded by Hamas politburo member Mousa Abu Marzook, the group has been described as a front operation for Hamas. The organization is defunct.[1]
Leadership
Marzook also founded the Holy Land Foundation, which was the subject of one of the country's largest and most successful terrorist financing trials.[2]: 184
Ahmad Yousef served as the executive director of UASR and also as the editor of its quarterly journal, The Middle East Affairs Journal.[3] He is the author of The End of the Jewish State: Just a Matter of Time.[2]: 400
Controversy
In a 1993 New York Times article, Muhammad Salah, a Hamas terrorist convicted in Israel, stated that the political command of Hamas in the U.S. was the UASR. He also named Ahmad Yousef as the director of UASR and Mousa Abu Marzook as the political chief.[2]: 195
In early 2000, the think tank was based in Springfield, Virginia.[4]
In 2003, the Senate Finance Committee asked the Internal Revenue Service to provide its records on UASR and other Muslim groups as part of their investigation into non-governmental organizations and terrorist networks in the United States.
References
- ^ "Georgetown's Extremist Turn". asmea.memberclicks.net. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
- ^ a b c Emerson, Steven (2006). Jihad Incorporated: A Guide to Militant Islam in the US. New York: Prometheus Books. ISBN 9781591024538.
- ^ Quarterly, Middle East (March 1998). "Ahmad Yusuf: "Hamas Is a Charitable Organization"". Middle East Quarterly. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- ^ United States. Cong. House. Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims of the Committee on the Judiciary. Terrorist Threats to the United States. 106th Cong., 2nd sess. H. Rept. 85. p. 21. 26 January 2000.