Taha Jaber Al-Alawani · According to his website at the Graduate School of Islamic and Social Sciences (GSISS) , Al-Alawani is the President of the Fiqh Council of North America and was previously President of the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) in Herndon, Virginia. [8] · Al-Alawani is an unindicted co-conspirator in the case against Sami al-Arian, the alleged North American leader of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, whose trial began in June 2005 in Tampa, Florida. investigativeproject.org