The founder and President of Mercy Without Limits (MWL) and reportedly a trustee of the Muslim American Society (MAS), in the 1990s Albadawi was Executive Director of the Muslim Arab Youth Association (MAYA), which partnered with the Islamic Association for Palestine (IAP) and the Holy Land Foundation (HLF). MAYA once hosted Abdallah Azzam, a mentor to Osama bin Laden. In 2018, MWL sponsored Sheikh Mohammed Rateb Alnabulsi, a Syrian cleric banned from Denmark due to radical statements including “All Jews are combatants.” MWL’s financial records reveal undisclosed foreign aid and large unexplained “gifts in kind,” raising concerns of fraud or money laundering.