• Faculty Executive Member of the James Madison University Muslim Student Association
• Muslim Activist
• "During these days, brothers and sisters, jihad was one of the good deeds that every Muslim was targeting. . . . every Muslim was dreaming of doing jihad."

Abdulrahman Hijazi is the Technology Officer and the Lab Manager at the Commonwealth Information Security Center (CISC). He is also the Project Director for the CISC Web Team, and the Project Director for the Institute for Infrastructure and Information Assurance (IIIA) Web Team (a James Madison University companion group to the CISC). The CISC logo's letters bear a distinct Middle Eastern style, where the characters are shaped in a manner to spell out the Arabic name for Allah. The IIIA's logo resembles that of an Islamic dome. Both logos are superimposed on an image of the state of Virginia.

Hijazi recently gave a lecture about a couple who split up because the husband went off to sacrifice himself for jihad, entitled "Are You as Committed as Suhaila?" The text transcript of the speech is located on the "Jihad" section of the CISC website, IslamicAwakening.com, which is almost entirely dedicated to al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, and bin Laden's predecessor, Sheikh Abdullah Azzam. In the lecture, Hijazi stated:

"During these days, brothers and sisters, jihad was one of the good deeds that every Muslim was targeting. . . . every Muslim was dreaming of doing jihad."

"And he was watching the companions . . . as they were coming back and forth from the battlefield and listening to their news and how they are sacrificing their lives for the sake of Allah."

" . . . he saw his wife, and told her about his intention to go for jihad, to go for fighting against the non-believers, and to spread the message of Allah."

"Even though it was almost 3 months after marriage, but that hope of having the mercy of Allah . . . by one of the greatest good deeds, which is jihad, was more attractive to him than by being happy with his wife at home."

In addition, Hijazi, who is the Faculty Executive Member of the JMU Muslim Student Association (MSA), was a featured speaker on the MSA's "Jihad Panel" on October 30, 2002.  His speech was entitled, "The Islamic Peace System and Goals of Jihad."  Six months later, the MSA presented Hijazzi with a certificate of appreciation for his "outstanding performance and steadfast dedication."

This profile was adapted from the article, "Government Security Conference Run by Islamic Radicals, written by Joe Kaufman and Beila Rabinowitz, published by FrontPageMagazine.com on July 10, 2003.