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 . It also says that at that time al-Awlaki was " level headed " . After evidence was brought against al-Awlaki in 2010 , the ICNA Shariah Council strongly denounced al-Awlaki 's views , actions , and connections to terrorism , repudiating his ideology as a " call of hate " and called upon American Muslims to reject al-Awlaki 's views
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