Hezbollah Raises Money for Jihadist Terror in Europe
On June 18, 2013 · In Belgium, Europe, European Union, Hezbollah, Jihad, Jihadist Groups/Individuals, Lebanon, Terror Funding
Linked below is an excellent article that details how the European Union’s intransigence and refusal to declare Hezbollah a terrorist group has led to the Jihadist organization using Europe as a base for fundraising… Lebanese Shiite communities in Europe provide good recruiting pools for the Party of God and often donate money to Hezbollah-sponsored charities [...]
Our only question is, why wasn’t everyone and anyone associated with Hezbollah blacklisted by the US Treasury long ago??? Retribution against Hezbollah for helping the Syrian government fight rebels intensified, as the United States blacklisted four fund-raising operatives and warned of further steps to choke the group’s financing. The action against the operatives, who the Treasury Department [...]
An Australian man who was taken hostage by the Jihadist terrorist organization Abu Sayyaf was released when his family paid a $94,000 ransom to the group. Reportedly, the original ransom demand was for $2 million. Ransoms are a popular means by which Jihadists raise money around the world. http://www.mindanaoexaminer.com/news.php?news_id=20130616023823
This post is especially relevant given the announcement that the US will be providing aid to the so-called “rebels” in Syria, many of whom are Jihadists, some affiliated with Al Qaeda and some veterans of the insurgency in Iraq where they fought against US GIs. It seems that the Jihadist Syrian rebels have been getting [...]
More Clear Evidence of the Zakat-Violent Jihad Connection
On June 7, 2013 · In Egypt, Islamic charities, Jihad, Jihadist Groups/Individuals, Syria, Terror Funding, Zakat
Sheikh Abdel Moneim Mohammed, imam of al-Nour mosque in Cairo, had this to say in one of his latest sermons: “With the recent events in the region, in Syria in particular, some associations are using zakat as a cover to raise funds for the fighters. Some associations and small mosques even called for ‘money jihad’ [...]
The US Treasury Department has identified a Libyan electronics and explosives specialist as a top bomb maker for Al Qaeda in Pakistan and imposed sanctions on him. The Treasury Department says that Abd Al Hamid Al Masli, also known as Hamza Al Darnawi, runs a Al Qaeda workshop in Pakistan that provides improvised explosive devices [...]
HAMAS on “Jihad with Money”
On June 7, 2013 · In Hamas, Islamic charities, Israel, Jihad, Jihadist Groups/Individuals, Terror Funding, Zakat
Generally speaking the term “Jihad with Money” is associated most with the notorious Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi, the Sunni world’s foremost Shariah scholar and spiritual leader for the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood. Qaradawi introduced Westerners to the term in 2006 in an interview with the BBC when he explained that zakat donations to Muslim charities were in [...]
It is often said that money is the lifeblood of Jihad and evidently Al Qaeda is watching its money closely, because they basically fired one of their key North African leaders over housekeeping paperwork…That particularly Jihadi was also disenchanted with hostage-taking-for-ransom operations as well… In one 10-page letter, al-Qaida leadership scolded an ambitious terrorist, the [...]
Newsmax has an interesting article today about how Al Qaeda is funded, though we can’t say that it is altogether well done. Arnaud De Borchgrave seems to buy into the whole “self-radicalization” myth in which Jihadis sitting in their boxer shorts surfing the internet suddenly decide that they hate the West and need to commit [...]
Canada Paid $1.1 Million Ransom to Al Qaeda
On May 29, 2013 · In Al Qaeda, Canada, Jihad, Jihadist Groups/Individuals, Mali, Ransoms, Terror Funding, terrorism
An Al Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group was paid $1.1-million for the release of two captured Canadian diplomats four years ago. It is not known who paid the ransom or how it was paid. The Canadian government has said it does not pay ransoms, but has never stated clearly that no other country paid for the diplomats’ release [...]
Ever since the Boston Marathon bombing, Jihad in the Caucasus region of Russia has come more and more into focus in the West–and with good reason. Evidently, the Jihadist groups in the region may well be receiving funding from the West, including here in the US. Once again, as has so often been the case [...]
CAIR Shills for Al Shabaab Terror Financiers
On May 20, 2013 · In Al Shabaab, CAIR, Jihad, Jihadist Groups/Individuals, Somalia, Terror Funding, Zakat
The Council on American Islamic Relations, which was named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the largest terrorism financing prosecution in US history, is now rushing to the defense of two women convicted on material support for terrorism charges. SFW has previously covered this case, in which two Minnesota women, Amina Farah Ali and Hawo Mohamed Hassan, [...]
An Uzbekistan national pleaded not guilty and said little during his first court appearance Friday on U.S. charges that he gave support, cash and other resources to help a recognized terrorist group in his home country plan a terrorist attack there. Fazliddin Kurbanov, 30, was arrested Thursday. Prosecutors have said little about the details of [...]
New York law enforcement authorities have arrested 15 Palestinian Muslims in a bootleg cigarette scheme that appears to have been primed to send money to Jihadist organizations overseas. This harkens back to the bootleg cigarette scheme taken down in North Carolina in 1998, which was the subject of the excellent book, “Lightning Out of Lebanon.” [...]
The United Nations is at it again. All too often the UN puts offending nations in charge of problems that the international community is supposed to be trying to solve. The latest example involves the United Nations conference on combating terror finance being held in Sudan, one of the world’s leading sponsors of Jihadist terrorism. [...]
Lawfare to Attack Terrorism Financiers
On April 22, 2013 · In Islamic Banking, Jihad, Jihadist Groups/Individuals, lawfare, Shariah Banking, Terror, Terror Funding, terrorism
Many SFW readers are very aware that the Jihadists effectively use “lawfare” to suppress free speech in the West and to try to prevent any scrutiny of Islamic doctrine. Some of that lawfare has been directed against those who point out those who finance Jihad. The most notable example was the libel tourism lawsuit against [...]
In the wake of last week’s horrific Jihadist terrorist attack in Boston, we have seen very little discussion as to the possible financial aspects of the Tsarnaev brothers’ Jihad. By all accounts, the Tsarnaevs were far from destitute. Yet there is no indication anywhere that they had jobs. They evidently had credit cards, so their transactions can [...]
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.” [...]
Regular readers of SFW may recall this case of the Imam of a mosque in Florida, who was accused of sending $50,000 to the Taliban. We have posted on the case a couple of times since it opened almost 2 years ago: http://www.shariahfinancewatch.org/blog/2011/05/16/two-florida-imams-four-other-american-muslims-arrested-for-financing-the-taliban/ http://www.shariahfinancewatch.org/blog/2013/01/12/florida-prosecutors-submit-wiretaps-bank-records-in-terrorism-trial-of-imams/ We finally are approaching closure in this case, with the conviction [...]
Paul Aster has an excellent report over on the Investigative Project’s web site about a federal judge’s decision last week clearing the way for French banking giant Credit Lyonnais to face a civil trial for allowing funds to reach the Jihadist terrorist group HAMAS through an Islamic charity: Judge Clears Path for Trial Against French [...]
PORTLAND, OR—Reaz Qadir Khan, 48, a naturalized U.S. citizen residing in Portland, has been arrested on charges of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists for the assistance he allegedly provided to an individual who participated in a May 27, 2009 suicide bomb attack at the headquarters of Pakistan’s intelligence service in Lahore, Pakistan, that [...]
The Latest Fallout from Europe’s Ransom Payments to Al Qaeda
On March 5, 2013 · In Al Qaeda, Jihad, Jihadist Groups/Individuals, Ransoms, Terror, Terror Funding, terrorism, Yemen
Readers may recall the post we published on 10 February regarding the millions of dollars reportedly paid to Al Qaeda by European nations in the form of ransoms to win the release of hostages: http://www.shariahfinancewatch.org/blog/2013/02/10/former-us-diplomat-europeans-canada-paid-89-million-ransom-to-al-qaeda/ Now we have the latest tragic example of the fallout from those misguided policies. Al Qaeda has released a video [...]
Last week marked the 20th anniversary of the first bombing of the World Trade Center by Jihadists terrorists. Though that attack was not successful in its objective of bringing the towers down, it killed 6 innocent civilians and wounded 1,000 more. As we have often said on SFW, money is the fuel for Jihad. Terrorism [...]
We almost have closure on a story we’ve been following for some time, the federal trial in San Diego of four Somalis who were working to provide funding and other forms of support to the Jihadist terrorist organization Al Shabaab back in their home country of Somalia. Significantly, one of the defendants found guilty is [...]
The San Diego trial of four Somali immigrants charged with raising money and providing help to the terrorist group al-Shabaab largely boils down to who jurors believe is on the other end of numerous phone calls the government secretly taped five years ago. The three-week trial before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Miller wrapped up Tuesday [...]
Israeli Official: Hezbollah Heavily Funded From Europe
On February 20, 2013 · In Europe, European Union, Hezbollah, Islamic charities, Israel, Jihad, Jihadist Groups/Individuals, Terror Funding
Israel’s Civil Defense Minister, Avi Dichter, told the Jerusalem Post that Hezbollah receives major funding out of Europe, including through Islamic charities, and emphasized that it is necessary for the European Union to designate Hezbollah a terrorist organization to curtail that funding: A decision by the European Union to blacklist Hezbollah would interrupt the group’s [...]
New York Times: How Europe Bankrolls Terror
On February 18, 2013 · In Al Qaeda, Europe, Jihad, Jihadist Groups/Individuals, Terror, Terror Funding, terrorism
As SFW reported a week ago, European governments have been bankrolling Al Qaeda and its affiliates by paying ransoms when their citizens have been taken hostage: http://www.shariahfinancewatch.org/blog/2013/02/10/former-us-diplomat-europeans-canada-paid-89-million-ransom-to-al-qaeda/ The New York Times provides a few new details…and the numbers involved appear to be growing…we reported $89 million a week ago and the Times is now reporting [...]
US Treasury Department Imposes Sanctions on Al Qaeda Leader in North Africa
On February 15, 2013 · In Al Qaeda, Jihad, Jihadist Groups/Individuals, Sanctions, Terror, Terror Funding, terrorism
In what can best be described as a symbolic gesture, the US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on Yahya Abu Hammam, who is a leader of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb: The Treasury described the Algeria-born Abu Hammam as the AQIM leader for the Sahel, a vast and arid region of North Africa, and said [...]
The involvement of wealthy Saudis and Saudi charities in funding Al Qaeda and other Jihadist terrorist organizations has been extensively documented for years, including by the US Treasury Department. One such individual is Soliman al-Buthe, who is currently a Saudi government official and previously started a charity here in the United States in Oregon that has [...]
Hezbollah: The World’s Most Dangerous “Charity”
On February 11, 2013 · In Europe, European Union, Hezbollah, Islamic charities, Jihad, Jihadist Groups/Individuals, Terror, Terror Funding, terrorism
Here at SFW, we have devoted a great deal of time and effort to education on the nefarious aspects of many Islamic charities. Over and over again we have seen examples of Islamic charities supporting violent Jihad. Most American observers first became aware of this activity with the release of the bipartisan 9/11 Commission Report [...]
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