AFIC 's then - leader , Sheikh Taj El - Din Hilaly , had ties to Libya .
In the late 1980s , AFIC received more than $100,000 in funding per year from Gaddafi 's Libyan regime .
AFIC 's then - leader , Sheikh Taj El - Din Hilaly , had ties to Libyan .
In the late 1980s , AFIC received more than $100,000 in funding per year from Gaddafi 's Libyan regime .