 offers opportunities for dialogue and answers to people’s queries about Islam.In July 2002 Anwar al-Awlaki, believed to be a senior talent recruiter and motivator for al-Qaeda who had contact with three of the 9/11 hijackers, the Fort Hood shooter, and the Christmas Day bombing suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, spoke at a joint ICNA/MAS convention in Baltimore with Siraj Wahhaj.ICNA says that until 2007, many American Muslims enthusiastically listened to lectures by al-Awlaki.