Author: Ryan Mauro

Fuqra/MOA’s presence in Alaska dates back to 2009 when the Islamic Post announced the arrival of two of its members in the state, Shuaib and Malika Ahmed, “to establish an independent, self-sufficient, purely Islamic village.” It says this was “initiated” by Sheikh Gilani.[i] Senior MOA official Hussain Adams said that the organization has a “community” near Anchorage in a deposition in 2014.[ii] The Fuqra newspaper, the Islamic Post, announced in June 2016 that Gregory “Shuab” Jones of Wasilla, Alaska was elected by the Alaska Democratic Party as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention and was running for the Alaska…