King Fahad Mosque (Culver City)
Work began on the mosque in April 1996 and was opened in July 1998, with a ceremony and dinner attended by former chief of the White House staff John Sununu.As the Muslim population and Saudi funding grew, a house was purchased in the same area for prayers, lectures and Dawa activities.[4] The foundation's stated objectives include propagating Islam, unifying Muslims, building mosques, schools and colleges, holding conferences and publishing books.[1] According to FBI documents and a CIA memo noted in the Congressional report into the September 11, 2001 attacks, the hijackers Khalid al-Midhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi may have been in contact with Saudi diplomat Shaykh Fahad al-Thumairy, who was the chief imam[3] at the King Fahad Mosque (most of the 9/11 hijackers were Saudi nationals and several were not fluent in English and had little experience living in the West).Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Aljubeir said he hopes the congressional report will “bring an end to the speculation and conspiracy theories.”[5] A small demonstration by conservatives was held "challenged the mosque to issue a fatwa repudiating Osama bin Laden and other terrorists by name" in September 2006.