Islamic Association of Palestine

Islamic Association of Palestine
Company typeNot-for-Profit
Founded1981
Defunct2004
Key people
Mousa Abu Marzook
Websiteiap.org

Islamic Association of Palestine (IAP), and alternately as the American Muslim Society (AMS) and American Middle Eastern League for Palestine (AMEL), was an American not-for profit organization. Established in 1981, the IAP described itself as "a not-for-profit, public-awareness, educational, political, social, and civic, national grassroots organization dedicated to advancing a just, comprehensive, and eternal solution to the cause of Palestine and suffrages of the Palestinians." IAP founders included later Hamas politburo leader Mousa Abu Marzook.

The Islamic Association of Palestine had strong ties to the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development and to several organizations established in the U.S. that were alleged to serve as fronts for Hamas. In 2004, a US Federal Court found the IAP liable (alongside the Holy Land Foundation and Quranic Literacy Institute) for the 1996 murder of American citizen David Boim by Hamas operatives. As of 2004, the organization is defunct.