Source: The Indianapolis Star
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051208/NEWS01/512080434/1006
On December 8, 2005 The Indianapolis Star reported, "A U.S. Senate committee is pressing ahead in its two-year-old investigation of 25 Muslim groups -- including one from Plainfield -- despite a statement last month that nothing 'alarming' had been found in tax records to tie them to terrorism. The Senate Finance Committee began its probe of the Muslim groups, including the Plainfield-based Islamic Society of North America, with a December 2003 request that the Internal Revenue Service provide confidential tax documents submitted by the groups. It was looking for evidence that the groups had financially supported terrorist groups. Last month, Sen. Chuck Grassley, the Republican Finance Committee chairman from Iowa, announced the probe had ended... But Grassley's committee issued a new statement this week saying its lack of action does not mean the groups had been 'cleared.' The committee, the statement said, 'will continue to gather information and examine the operations of the charities.' Sayyid M. Syeed, the Islamic Society's secretary-general, called the turn of events 'very strange.' 'Either they should come up with something as quickly as possible or they should not keep something like this hanging,' Syeed said. 'It is quite damaging. It is not right.'"