Islamic Charities Revealed: Bankrollers of Terror
On March 16, 2013 · In Al Qaeda, Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation (AHIF), Ansar al-Sharia Tunisia (AST), Hamas, Islamic charities, Jemaah Islamiyah, Jihad, Jihadist Groups/Individuals, Kuwait, Lashkar e Taiba, Qatar, Qatar Charitable Society, Qatar Charity, Qatar Islamic Society, Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS), Saudi Arabia, Syria, Syrian Islamic Front (SIF), Terror Funding, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH), Zakat
Foreign Policy magazine recently published an excellent article on the role of Islamic charities in funding Jihadist terrorism, something we’ve been writing about here on SFW for several years now. Authors Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and Aaron Y. Zelin detail in the article how Islamic NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations) are bankrolling terrorist organizations under the guise of “aid.” [...]
Testimony in a terrorism trial in Indonesia indicates that the late Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden directly funded the bombing in Bali, Indonesia that killed 202, many of them Western tourists. Osama bin Laden gave the Jemaah Islamiyah $30,000 to carry out terror attacks in Southeast Asia, a key witness in the ongoing trial [...]
Correcting The New Misinformation on Islamic Charities Funding Jihadist Terrorism
On October 17, 2011 · In Abdurahman Alamoudi, Abu Sayyaf, Al Qaeda, Al Shabaab, Bin Laden, Hamas, Hezbollah, Holy Land Foundation, Islam, Islamic charities, Islamic Development Bank, Islamic Law, Islamic Relief, Jemaah Islamiyah, Jihad, Jihadist Groups/Individuals, KindHearts, Lashkar e Taiba, Money Laundering, Muslim Brotherhood, Pakistan, Phillipines, Qaradawi, Salafism, Saudi Arabia, Sharia Compliant, Shariah Law, Somalia, Taliban, Terror, Terror Funding, terrorism, Wahhabism, Zakat
The Guardian in the UK has come out with an article (“Counterterrorism laws taking their toll on humanitarian action”) critical of US counterterrorism efforts that are designed to prevent the funneling of money to Jihadist terrorist groups, especially in Gaza and Somalia, two hotbeds of Jihadist terrorist activity. When ever we see misguided and ignorant [...]
Wikileaks: Private Saudi Donations Fund Jihad in Philippines
On September 6, 2011 · In Abu Sayyaf, Jemaah Islamiyah, Jihad, Jihadist Groups/Individuals, Phillipines, Saudi Arabia, Terror, Terror Funding, terrorism, Wahhabism, Zakat
US diplomats openly acknowledged in the secret cables leaked by Wikileaks the role Saudi Arabia was playing in funding the Islamic groups in the Philippines and declared that it must be stopped. This is a common theme around the world. Saudis fund Jihad with “private” donations (often from members of the royal family) while the [...]
The Treasury Department added three members of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), an al Qaeda affiliate based in Southeast Asia, to its list of specially designated global terrorists earlier this month. Two of the three, Abdul Rahim Ba’asyir (Abdul Rahim) and Muhammad Jibril Abdul Rahman (Jibril), were identified as senior members of JI’s al Ghuraba cell in Karachi, [...]
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