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[Former</a> USF professor Ramadan Abdullah Shallah behind Tel Aviv suicide bombing: Israel targets Islamic Jihad leader for assassination - Militant Islam Monitor - Militant Islam Monitor](<a href=“http://www.militantislammonitor.org/article/id/477]Former”>Former USF professor Ramadan Abdullah Shallah behind Tel Aviv suicide bombing: Israel targets Islamic Jihad leader for assassination - Militant Islam Monitor - Militant Islam Monitor)</p>
<p>But there were other reasons for leaving the U.S. when he did. U.S. authorities, prodded by embarrassing media revelations, were beginning to look into his ties and activities. In Tampa, Ramadan Shallah posed as an adjunct professor of economics at the University of South Florida (USF) and an administrator of a USF-affiliated think tank, the World Islam Studies Enterprise (WISE).</p>
<p>Also working with Shallah at USF and WISE was Khalil Shikaki, Fathi’s brother, who now, reportedly, is a professor at An Najah University in the West Bank. Still another major, direct connection between WISE and Islamic Jihad is Basheer Nafi, who was described by WISE in 1991 as “director of WISE from London.” However, he was also an original founder of Islamic Jihad and was believed by some observers to be the likely candidate to succeed Shikaki. When that task fell to Shallah, Nafi stayed in the U.S., working at the International Institute for Islamic Thought in Herndon, Virginia, which WISE has listed as its largest source of financial support. Nafi was deported in 1996.</p>