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The Islamic Society of Bay Ridge’s Imam from 2002 to 2006<br />
was Reda Shata, originally a Muslim Brotherhood leader and<br />
political refugee from Egypt. Imam Shata was a smart cookie:<br />
He pretended to co-operate with the FBI, invited feds to speak<br />
at the Mosque, threw parties for local police, dined with<br />
Mayor Bloomberg yet all the while he tried to pull the prayer<br />
rug out from all of them.<br />
Imam Reda Shata viewed Hamas as a powerful symbol of<br />
resistance and was under NYPD surveillance as a “Tier One<br />
Person of Interest.” Those that qualify for this noble<br />
designation have a “threat potential based on their position at<br />
a particular location, links to an organization, overseas links<br />
and/or criminal history.”
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