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, [...]
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 [...]
The San Diego trial of four Somali men charged with sending money and support to the terrorist group al-Shabaab is scheduled to begin in federal court this month. A federal grand jury indicted the men in 2010 on charges of conspiracy, providing material support to terrorists, providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization and [...]
An interesting story from Government Security News on a new wrinkle on how Jihadists raise money: A phone hacking ring with ties to Al Qaeda-related groups in the Philippines and Somalia have targeted small businesses in New York, stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of overseas long distance calls. The ring is exploiting gaps [...]
Al Shabaab collecting zakat in Somalia
On August 31, 2012 · In Al Shabaab, Islamic Law, Jihad, Jihadist Groups/Individuals, Shariah Law, Somalia, Terror Funding, Zakat
The Al Qaeda-affiliated Jihadist organization Al Shabaab is reported to be collecting zakat from the citizenry of Somalia to help finance its terror campaign. News reports claim that Al Shabaab is “extorting” this money on the pretense that it is for the “needy” and then are turning around and using it for military activities, but [...]
“Ethical Investing” from Countries Overrun With Corruption?
On August 30, 2012 · In "Ethical Investment", Countries, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Islamic Finance, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sharia Compliant, Shariah Finance, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Yemen
Transparency.org has publishes a Corruption Perceptions Index that rates the level of corruption in the world’s nations. The most recent year for which there is data is 2011. The results are instructive for observers of Shariah Compliant Finance. Shariah-Compliant Finance is often touted by the financial jihadists as “ethical” investment. There are a variety of [...]
Our only problem with this article is the fact that “legitimate” Islamic charities have customarily raised money for jihad, as required under Shariah. We can’t help but wonder whether the Brits have this right. Did these two twin brothers pose as Muslim Aid fundraisers, or could they have been actual Islamic charity fundraisers? Shabir and Shafiq [...]
A terror plot targeting Kenyan tourist hotels with chemical explosives was financed by Samantha Lewthwaite, the British widow of 7/7 bomber Germaine Lindsay… http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/kenya/9258011/77-bomber-widow-Samantha-Lewthwaite-financed-Kenya-tourist-terror-plot.html
Terrorist funder gets incredibly light sentence from federal judge
On April 13, 2012 · In Al Shabaab, Jihad, Jihadist Groups/Individuals, Kenya, Somalia, Terror Funding
Here is an example of an irresponsible federal judge if there ever was one. Abdi Mahdi Hussein attempted to help Mohamud Abdi Yusuf send $21,000 to the Jihadist terrorist group Al Shabaab. Now he says (of course) that he had no idea where the money was supposed to go, and besides it didn’t get there. U.S. [...]
CRY US A RIVER!!! A Rochester woman convicted of raising money for the terrorist group al-Shabaab is asking a federal judge to let her out of jail while she awaits sentencing. An attorney for Amina Farah Ali said in a motion that it has been six months since the conviction and because of various delays, [...]
Two Somali twin brothers have been arrested in Great Britain and charged with trying to raise money for their third brother to commit acts of terrorism in their homeland of Somalia. Note that one of the twins works for a “security” firm. The other is unemployed, no doubt living off the public dole, as so [...]
In Somalia, Fears Over U.S. Wire Transfer Block
On December 24, 2011 · In Al Qaeda, Al Shabaab, Hawala, Jihad, Jihadist Groups/Individuals, Somalia, Terror, Terror Funding, terrorism
Over the past 18 months or so, SFW has covered the raising of funds by Al Shabaab terrorists in Somalia. These Al Qaeda-affiliated Jihadists have used several methods to raise money and they have been quite successful at it. They have used everything from extortion and intimidation to charity fronts collecting zakat. Some of this [...]
UN Monitoring Group to Call for Sanctions Against Al Shabaab
On November 28, 2011 · In Al Shabaab, Sanctions, Somalia, Terror, Terror Funding, terrorism, United Nations
The United Nations special envoy for Somalia says a Security Council-appointed monitoring group will recommend sanctions against the al-Qaida linked militant group al-Shabaab. http://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/UN-Monitoring-Group-to-Recommend-al-Shabab-Sanctions-133846953.html
Missouri man pleads guilty to attempting to finance Al Shabaab
On November 7, 2011 · In Al Shabaab, Jihad, Jihadist Groups/Individuals, Somalia, Terror, Terror Funding, terrorism
On Friday, in St. Louis, Missouri, Mohamud Abdi Yusuf pled guilty to providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization based in Somalia. According to court documents, from February 2008 through at least July 2009, the 31-year old Yusuf, conspired with others to provide money to al Shabaab, which was designated by the U.S. State [...]
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 [...]
Two Minnesota women, Amina Farah Ali and Hawo Mohamed Hassan, accused of funneling money to a terror group in Somalia, talked about collecting money for al-Shabab, supporting fighters instead of other charities and the possibility that FBI was listening in on their conversations, according to hours of recorded phone calls played for jurors. The calls include recordings [...]
Amina Farah Ali and Hawo Mohamed Hassan (pictured) were not even subtle about raising money for Jihad in Somalia. Evidently, they went door to door asking for donations for the Al Qaeda-affiliated Jihadist terror group Al Shabaab. Al Shabaab is the group that recently set off a car bomb in Somalia that killed 100 or more [...]
Al-Shabaab has become a top-tier terrorist organization from its extensive revenues. Their wealth is largely based on Islamic taxes that al-Shabaab imposes in accordance with the Koran. It is following the same broad-based sharia revenue model that launched the Taliban from being an obscure students’ movement into an multinational financial hegemon. http://moneyjihad.wordpress.com/2011/08/16/al-shabaab-economic-powerhouse/
Kenyan Tourism Minister Accused of Funding Jihad
On August 8, 2011 · In Al Shabaab, Islam, Islamic charities, Islamic Law, Jihad, Jihadist Groups/Individuals, Kenya, Somalia, Terror, Terror Funding, terrorism, Zakat
Najib Balala is the Minister of Tourism in Kenya and, by all accounts, a gregarious, ambitious public official. He was educated in a US university in Africa and he professes to be a devout Muslim. Recently, he has come under fire for possible financial arrangements in which donations to a controversial mosque may be finding [...]
Al-Qaeda linked Al-Shabaab Jihadists in Somalia have ordered school teachers in the Middle Shabelle region to register their students within 10 days in a bid that militants want to push their fund raising program forward. Sheik Mohamed Abu Yahya, an Al-Shabaab commander in charge of finance, told school teachers in the region’s provincial capital Jowhar [...]
14 Indicted by Justice Department for Supporting Al Qaeda-affiliated Al Shabaab
On August 7, 2010 · In Al Qaeda, Al Shabaab, Islam, Jihad, Somalia, Terror, Terror Funding, terrorism, Zakat
“The two Jihadists arrested this week—females who were naturalized U.S. citizens and residents of Minnesota—have been charged with raising money to support al Shabaab through door-to-door solicitations and teleconferences in Somali Muslim communities in Minnesota and other locations in the U.S. and Canada. The Justice Department claims that in some cases, funds were raised under [...]
The Global Threat of Shariah
On July 24, 2009 · In Christianity and Islam, Hamas, Human Rights under Shariah, Human Rights under Shariah Law, Iran, Islam, Islamic Law, Jihad, Palestinians, Shariah Law, Somalia, Yemen
Ever so often it’s useful to remind ourselves of the fact that Shariah isn’t just some abstract, remote system isolated to a few Middle Eastern nations. It’s a global threat. We’ve recently seen numerous reports of Shariah courts operating in Britain. We’ve recently witnessed a Jihadi organization hold a conference in Chicago to support the [...]
Recently, the parliament of the failed state of Somalia voted in favor of Shariah law in that hapless country. Some in the West have actually welcomed the move in the name of “stability.” Ironically, this was the exact same reaction that some in the West–including the US State Department– had when the Taliban took over [...]
In the wake of the brilliant rescue by US Navy SEALs of a US hostage held by Somali pirates over the weekend, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has sounded a decidedly defeatist tone unbecoming his high office, but rather typical, unfortunately, of his own philosophy. Gates says that there is basically no solution to the [...]
Recently in Somalia, that beleaguered country’s newest leader attempted to appease Jihadists there by agreeing to impose Shariah. What did he get for his troubles? A threat from Osama Bin Laden (or a voice claiming to be that of Osama Bin Laden) urging his overthrow because he delayed the imposition of Shariah and is thus [...]
Despite efforts to alert the world to the perils of Shariah, this barbaric doctrine is actually continuing to spread. Two weeks ago, Pakistan appeased the Taliban by allowing them to impose Shariah in the Swat Valley of northwest Pakistan. In Chechnya the region is now basically ruled by Shariah. And just over a week ago, [...]
Evidently Saudi Arabia doesn’t understand Islam
On February 12, 2009 · In CAIR, Human Rights under Shariah, Human Rights under Shariah Law, Islam, Islamic Law, Qaradawi, Saudi Arabia, Shariah and Children, Shariah Councils, Shariah Law, Somalia, Terror Funding, Uncategorized, Women's Rights Under Shariah Law, Zakat
While reading the morning news on the internet about an hour ago, we came across an article in The Denver Post entitled Trying to Understand More About Islam’s Teachings, by Gail Schoettler, a former Lt. Governor of Colorado and U.S. ambassador. http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_11682250 Ms. Schoettler recalls the horrific case in which the Islamic Courts in Somalia executed [...]
The true nature of Shariah
On January 20, 2009 · In Afghanistan, Christianity and Islam, Human Rights under Shariah, Human Rights under Shariah Law, Islamic Law, Jihad, Pakistan, Shariah Law, Somalia, Taliban, Uncategorized
Though this blog is dedicated to Shariah-Compliant Finance, no discussion of Shariah-Compliant Finance can be complete without constant reminders of the brutal, primitive doctrine which underlies Shariah-Compliant Finance. Shariah is an all-encompassing code of life that covers and applies to all aspects of Islamic individuals, culture, society, finance and law. The nations that apply Shariah [...]
Posted: 28 Nov 2008 03:51 PM CST The Indian navy just got done sinking a pirated fishing vessel that still had the captured crew tied up below deck. Definitely an awkward move on the IN’s part – but more or less inevitable given how they’ve been straining against the least of Western legal niceties: Are [...]
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