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Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai was a Saudi and Pakistani operative inside the United States.

==Background==

A native of Indian Kashmir, Fai joined [[Jamaat-e-Islami]] and worked for [[Syed Atiqullah Ashiq]]. Arif Jamal credits Fai with introducing the strict Saudi vision of Islam to Kashmir by inviting the imam of Ka'aba to a Jamaat-e-Islami conference in 1980. Following the conference, Fai traveled to the United States as an agent of Saudi Arabia funded by the [[King Faisal Foundation]]. Fai became president of the [[Muslim Students Association]] and studied at [[Temple University]] under [[Ismail Raji al-Faruqi]] who co-founded the [[International Institute of Islamic Thought]]. <ref name="propublica"/> Fai also served on the Shura Council for the [[Islamic Society of North America]] (ISNA).<ref name="poole_dcspy2"/>

In 1985 Fai began working for Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI). In 1989
Fai founded the [[Kashmiri American Council]] with [[Rafia Syeed]], the wife of [[Sayyid Syeed]], one of the organizers of [[ISNA]].<ref name="propublica"/> Fai's work for Pakistan was funded by the [[North American Islamic Trust]] (NAIT) which owns hundreds of mosques around the United States.<ref name="poole_dcspy2" />

Fai was supported by Republican Congressman Dan Burton of Indiana. The National Republican Senatorial Committee gave Fai the American Spirit Medal in 2007. <ref name="propublica"/>

Fai was arrested by the FBI on July 19, 2011. <ref name="poole_dcspy"/>

Fai's business partner [[Zaheer Ahmad]] reportedly met with Pakistani nuclear scientist [[Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood]], [[Osama bin Laden]], and [[Ayman al-Zawahiri]] in mid-2001. <ref name="poole_dcspy2" />

==See also==

* [[Inclusive America Project]]
* [https://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/2017/10/26/exclusive-obama-appointed-islamic-society-official-to-approve-russian-uranium-sale-and-gulftainer-port-deal/ Obama Appointed Islamic Society Official To Approve Russian Uranium Sale and Gulftainer Port Deal]

==References==

<references>
<ref name="propublica">Kim Barker, Habiba Nosheen, and Raheel Khursheed, [https://www.propublica.org/article/the-man-behind-pakistani-spy-agencys-plot-to-influence-washington The Man Behind Pakistan Spy Agency’s Plot to Influence Washington], ProPublica, Oct. 3 2011</ref>
<ref name="poole_dcspy">Patrick Poole, [https://pjmedia.com/blog/the-biggest-d-c-spy-scandal-you-havent-heard-about-part-one/?singlepage=true The Biggest D.C. Spy Scandal You Haven't Heard About, Part One]</ref>
<ref name="poole_dcspy2">Patrick Poole,[https://pjmedia.com/blog/the-biggest-d-c-spy-scandal-you-havent-heard-about-part-two/?singlepage=true The Biggest D.C. Spy Scandal You Haven't Heard About, Part Two]</ref>
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