Editing El Sayyid Nosair (section)

==Background==
El Sayyid Nosair was born in 1955 in [[Port Said]], Egypt, and immigrated to the United States in 1981. He became an American citizen in 1989.<ref name="jpost-19901107">{{cite news |title=Alleged Assassin Shot by New York Policeman |work=The Jerusalem Post |date=1990-11-07}}</ref> In the United States, Nosair worked various jobs in [[New Jersey]] and New York City.<ref name="benjamin">{{cite book|title=The Age of Sacred Terror|author=Benjamin, Daniel and Steven Simon |publisher=Random House |year=2003 |pages=4–6}}</ref>  Nosair was employed by the City of New York to repair the air conditioning equipment at the criminal courts building.<ref name="jpost-19901107" />

Nosair expressed [[Anti-Americanism|dislike for American culture]] and what he perceived to be rampant moral corruption. Nosair became involved with the al-Farouq Mosque in [[Brooklyn]], which was supported by the [[Maktab al-Khidamat]] (Afghanistan Services Bureau). The Maktab al-Khidamat was established in 1984 by [[Osama bin Laden]] and [[Abdullah Azzam]] in [[Peshawar]], [[Pakistan]] to raise funds for the Arab [[mujahadeen]] during the [[Soviet–Afghan War]], and later to recruit participants in [[al Qaeda]]. [[Ali Mohamed (double agent)|Ali Mohamed]], a sergeant at [[Fort Bragg (North Carolina)|Fort Bragg]], provided [[United States Army]] manuals and other assistance to individuals at the al-Farouq Mosque, and some members, including [[Mahmoud Abouhalima]] and Nosair, practiced at the Calverton Shooting Range on [[Long Island]], many of the group wearing shirts reading "Help Each Other in Goodness and Piety ... A Muslim to a Muslim is a Brick Wall" with a map of Afghanistan emblazoned in the middle.<ref name="benjamin" /><ref name="sacredcows">Benjamin, Daniel & Steven Simon. ''The Age of Sacred Terror'', 2002</ref>