Wright Mahdi Bray (born "Wright Bray" January 9, 1950), is a MuslimAmericancivil and human rightsactivist and currently the National Director of the American Muslim Alliance[2] and formerly served as executive director of the Muslim American Society's Freedom Foundation (MAS Freedom) based in Washington, DC.[3] The foundation supported Muslim activists and religious leaders who have been arrested.[4]
Bray has expressed support for Hamas and Hezbollah on a number of occasions.[7] A video of a rally in 2000 shows Bray pumping his fist in the air in support of the groups Hamas and Hezbollah.[8] He asserts, however, that he is not a supporter of Hamas.
^"U.S. v. Wright Bray, Indictment, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, January 8, 1987, accessed December 11, 2009" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved December 12, 2009.
^ a bRappeport, Alan (21 September 2015). "Ben Carson's Comments Stir Anger Among Muslims". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 11 May 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
^Let Freedom Ring: A Collection of Documents from the Movements to Free U.S. Political Prisoners Archived 2017-03-07 at the Wayback Machine, p. 830, Matt Meyer, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Lynne Stewart, Ashanti Alston, PM Press, 2008, ISBN 978-1-60486-035-1, accessed December 11, 2009
^They Must Be Stopped: Why We Must Defeat Radical Islam and How We Can Do It, p. 99, Brigitte Gabriel, Macmillan, 2008, accessed December 11, 2009, ISBN 978-0-312-38363-3, ISBN 0-312-38363-0
^"Obama concedes mistake over Muslim outreach meeting", MSNBC, October 9, 2008, accessed December 11, 2009
^Activists Arrested Outside White House Protesting Bush-Sharon Meeting, Muslim American Society website, April 15, 2004.
^Petula Dvorak, Protest to Encircle White House, Opponents of 'U.S.-Israeli War' Plan Large Rally Tomorrow Archived 2017-09-05 at the Wayback Machine, Washington Post, August 11, 2006.
External links
Mahdi Bray's personal website
Mahdi Bray speech at August 2006 rally in Washington DC on YouTube
Mahdi Bray speech at January 2009 rally in Washington DC on YouTube
Shadow World: Resurgent Russia, the Global New Left, and Radical Islam, Muslim Public Affairs Council, pp. 499–500, Robert Chandler, Regnery Publishing, 2008, ISBN 1-59698-561-5