Kamal Nawash
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Kamal Nawash, Esquire
Kamal Nawash is a Palestinian American lawyer in Washington DC and the first Arab American and Muslim to have been nominated to run for the Virginia state senate. (2003).
In 2004 he founded the first American Muslim organization dedicated to combating extremism and support for terrorism among extremist Muslims. The name of the organization is the Free Muslim Coalition Against Terrorism. www.freemuslims.org.
In 2004, Kamal Nawash enraged the Arab and Muslim community by apologizing for the 9-11 terrorist attacks.
In June of 2005, Kamal Nawash’s work with the Free Muslims was recognized by the U.S. government when the White House appointed him to represent the United States before the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Kamal Nawash addressed leaders of Europe, and the former soviet republics in a speech on tolerance.
In addition to being recognized by the White House, in March of 2006, Kamal Nawash was invited to Jerusalem to advance an alternative approach to solving the Palestinian/Israeli conflict. In summary, Kamal Nawash argued that in light of the passionate claims both Palestinians and Israelis have for the same territory the only solution for them is to become equal citizens in a confederacy rather than splitting the territory into two sovereign states.
http://www.freemuslims.org/about/nawash.php (Source of this article)
http://www.kamalnawash.com ( Former Campaign site for Kamal’s senate campaign)
http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/1107/p13s03-uspo.html (More U.S. muslims Run for Office)
http://www.freemuslims.org/news/article.php?article=695 (Kamal Nawash’s speech before the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/12/AR2005051201788.html (Positive article from Washington post)
http://www.freemuslims.org/blog/index.php?id=225 (Solving the Palestinian Israeli Conflict)
http://www.freemuslims.org/blog/index.php?id=1257 ( There is NO Military Solution for the Palestinian/Israeli Conflict)
http://www.freemuslims.org/news/article.php?article=148 (apology for 911)
http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/Printable.asp?ID=14639 (Islamic reformation)