The FBI has officially decided to use the Islamic Society of North America as its "official point of contact with the American Muslim Community," the Investigative Project on Terrorism reports, citing an e-mail from an intelligence source. The IPT also reports that a high-level FBI official has met with ISNA's vice president to begin the relationship.

"Internal Muslim Brotherhood records in evidence the HLF trial show ISNA was created by Muslim Brotherhood members in the U.S. who had been leaders of the Muslim Students Association. In addition, the Chicago Tribune and federal prosecutors in Dallas have documented the link," the IPT report states.

The Muslim Brotherhood is a radical Islamic organization that seeks to establish Islamic law around the world.

The move comes after the FBI officially ended its use of another group called the Council on American-Islamic Relations to reach the Muslim community, after questions were raised about CAIR's possible ties to the Hamas terrorist organization and Muslim Brotherhood. The controversy arose after CAIR was labeled an "unindicted co-conspirator" in the terrorism financing trial of the Holy Land Foundation. However, ISNA received the same label in that trial as well.

One of the co-founders of ISNA, Sami al-Arian, has been convicted of assisting the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist group and has admitted his secret membership in the Muslim Brotherhood. ISNA is also listed in one of the Brotherhood's own documents where it lists their fronts and groups they consider "friends" in the United States.

In 2007, ISNA stated that it "never was, and is not now, affiliated with or influenced by any international organizations including the Muslim Brotherhood."