In 1990 , he was the Principal of the Al-Ghazly Islamic School in Jersey City . The children of El Sayyid Nosair , who was convicted in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the killing of Meir Kahane , attended the school until 1989 . Elsayed said about Kahane 's killing : " It was not a violation of Islamic law , in the sense that Kahane adopted a position against all Arabs and Muslims . He put himself in that category . " Prior to becoming imam at the mosque , Elsayed was Secretary General of the Muslim American Society from 2000 – 05 . While still at MAS , in 2004 Elsayed was also on the mosque 's Executive Committee
1993 World Trade Center bombing
1993 World Trade Center bombing
Shaker Elsayed