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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
French Politician: “Our friend Qatar is financing Mali’s Islamists”
On February 10, 2013 · In France, Jihad, Jihadist Groups/Individuals, Mali, Qatar, Terror, Terror Funding, terrorism
For years Western intelligence has known that the Wahhabi-run nation of Qatar has been financing Jihad. The financing has come in the form of protection payments from the government itself to keep Jihadists from attacking the tiny monarchy and in the form of support payments (zakat and otherwise) from wealthy Qatari individuals. France has now [...]
Matthew Aaron Llaneza, 28, who was arrested this week by the FBI for trying to detonate what he believed to be a car bomb at an Oakland, California Bank of America, is reportedly a Taliban sympathizer who chose Oakland as the site of his planned terrorist attack because he believed Oakland to be a “center of protest.” Llaneza, [...]
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Demands $50 Million Ransom for Hostages’ Release
On February 10, 2013 · In Al Qaeda, Jihad, Jihadist Groups/Individuals, Terror, Terror Funding, terrorism, Yemen
Money is the lifeblood of jihad and the jihadists raise money any number of ways…including ransoms. This past Friday, a tribal leader stated that Yemen’s Al-Qaeda affiliate, which is holding three kidnapped Europeans hostage, has demanded $50 million for the foreigners’ release. “The organization demanded the money from the military leader who has been situated [...]
A former U.S. ambassador to Mali has alleged that France paid a $17 million ransom to free hostages seized from a French mining site – cash she said ultimately funded the al-Qaeda-linked Islamist militants its troops are now fighting. French officials, whose soldiers are pushing north into the territory where the missing captives are believed [...]
Jihadist pleaded guilty to attempted bombing of New York Federal Reserve Bank
On February 10, 2013 · In Al Qaeda, Bangaladesh, Jihad, Jihadist Groups/Individuals, Terror, terrorism, US Federal Reserve, USA
In a completely different form of financial jihad, Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis pleaded guilty this week to attempting to detonate what he believed was a 1,000-pound bomb at the New York Federal Reserve Bank on Liberty Street in lower Manhattan’s financial district. The charge to which Nafis pleaded guilty, attempting to use a weapon of mass [...]
Al Qaeda offers $160,000 in gold for murder of US ambassador to Yemen
On January 11, 2013 · In Al Qaeda, Jihad, Jihadist Groups/Individuals, Terror, Terror Funding, terrorism, Yemen
It seems that it is “open season” on US ambassadors these days. Before the assassination of the US ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, last year, the last time a US ambassador had been killed was 32 years earlier when the US ambassador to Afghanistan was murdered. Now, Al Qaeda is targeting another US ambassdor: Gerald [...]
Federal Reserve Bomb Plotter Inspired By Al Awlaki Sermons
On January 11, 2013 · In Al-Awlaki, Bangaladesh, Jihad, Jihadist Groups/Individuals, Terror, Terror Funding, terrorism
Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, the man being prosecuted for plotting to bomb the Federal Reserve Reserve Bank of New York, was inspired by the sermons of the late Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leader Anwar al Awlaki. Nafis was in possession of several recordings of al Awlaki’s Jihadist ramblings. SFW readers may recall [...]
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 [...]
Money Jihad blog’s short list of Shariah banks that fund terrorism
On January 8, 2013 · In Al Qaeda, Bangaladesh, Blogroll, Dubai Islamic Bank, Emirates, HSBC, Iran, Islamic Banking, Islamic charities, Jihad, Jihadist Groups/Individuals, Jordan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Shariah Banking, Sudan, Terror, Terror Funding, terrorism, Zakat
Money Jihad blog is one of the most invaluable web sites in existence for anyone who is concerned with how Jihadist terrorism is supported and funded. That is why we link to it so frequently here on SFW. Money Jihad’s latest work is a prime example of why we like the blog so much: they have [...]
Al Gore Sells Out to Qatar: State-Owned Al Jazeera Buys Current TV
On January 3, 2013 · In Al Jazeera, Al Qaeda, Hamas, Iran, Islam, Islamic charities, Islamic Law, Jihad, Jihadist Groups/Individuals, Lashkar e Taiba, Qaradawi, Qatar, Salafism, Shariah Law, Taliban, Terror, Terror Funding, terrorism, Wahhabism
Al Gore has sold his failing Current TV television network. The buyer is none other than Al Jazeera, the infamous Islamist television network based out of Doha, Qatar (more on Qatar very shortly). Gore released an interesting statement along with the announcement of the sale: “Current Media was built based on a few key goals: [...]
The drug trade is widely used to fund Jihad. This is especially true of Hezbollah, as this case illustrates, but the drug trade also provides extensive financing for the Taliban in Afghanistan. An Iranian man faces a sentence of life in prison after he was convicted in federal court in New York of conspiring to [...]
World Bank Sends HAMAS $6.4 Million
On November 29, 2012 · In Hamas, Israel, Jihad, Jihadist Groups/Individuals, Palestinians, Terror, Terror Funding, terrorism
In the wake of HAMAS’ sustained campaign of indiscriminate rocketing of Israeli targets, which prompted an Israeli response, the Jihadist terror group received a reward in the form of $6.4 million from the World Bank. $6.4 million may not seem like such a big deal, but when you consider the fact that the World Bank [...]
Money is the life blood of Jihad. Without money, terrorists could not carry out their war against the innocents. Last year, Business Pundit blog published a list of their top 10 wealthiest terrorists. We don’t think the entire list was accurate but there were a few Jihadis listed who are worth mentioning here… The wealth [...]
Lawsuit Against Arab Bank in Sniper Attack Dismissed
On November 28, 2012 · In Hamas, Holy Land Foundation, Islamic Banking, Islamic charities, Israel, lawfare, Shariah Banking, Terror, Terror Funding, terrorism
A lawsuit filed by a man injured by a terrorist sniper in Israel against Arab Bank for its role in funding HAMAS has unfortunately been dismissed. Money Jihad blog has an excellent synopsis of Arab Bank’s activities, which we can’t possibly improve upon: The judge’s ruling can be paraphrased as: Well, Arab Bank may have [...]
Bangladesh, Banking and Terrorism Financing
On November 28, 2012 · In Bangaladesh, Hawala, HSBC, Islamic Banking, Islamic charities, Jihad, Jihadist Groups/Individuals, Kuwait, Shariah Banking, Terror, Terror Funding, terrorism
“Some linkages between Islamic Banking and terrorist organizations have now been brought into the open, but the networks have not been dismantled.” Bangladesh has a long history of weakness on money laundering and the use of banks to funnel money to Jihadist terrorist organizations. The country is now on the verge of being blacklisted for [...]
A New, Interesting Lawsuit: Americans in Israel Sue America for Funding HAMAS
On November 27, 2012 · In Hamas, Israel, Jihad, Jihadist Groups/Individuals, lawfare, Obama, Palestinians, Terror, Terror Funding, terrorism, U.S. Policymakers, USA
The Times of Israel has an interesting article posted today about a lawsuit filed by Americans living in Israel who are suing the US government for funding HAMAS, a Jihadist terrorist organization. The lawsuit names the State Department and the White House for essentially looking the other way by not ensuring that US aid to [...]
A Lebanese bank can face claims in New York of negligence and breach of duty in a lawsuit brought by U.S., Israeli and Canadian victims of Hezbollah rocket attacks and their families, the state’s highest court ruled. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-20/hezbollah-victims-may-bring-claims-in-n-y-court-rules.html
In a move that illustrates the incredible weakness of US counterterrorism efforts, the US Treasury, in what can only be described as a cynical gesture, has “triumphantly” announced sanctions against a Hezbollah jihadist terrorist who killed and tortured US GIs in Iraq. The US could have and should have remanded this monster into permanent custody, [...]
An investigation by Indian authorities into an August bomb attack in Pune, India has uncovered a significant Saudi connection to the deadly and infamous Jihadist terrorist organization, Lashkar e Taiba. That connection appears to center around a Saudi citizen named Fayyaz Kagzi: Asad travelled to middle-east, especially Saudi Arabia, several times to meet Kagzi and spent [...]
The good folks at Money Jihad blog called our attention to this largely overlooked Jerusalem Post article in which it was revealed that one of the many anti-Israel groups masquerading as charities in the United Kingdom has let slip that it supports martyrdom operations. The name of the charity is Camden Abu Dis Friendship Association (CADFA). [...]
A New York federal judge who found Iran, the Taliban and Al Qaeda culpable in the 2001 terrorist attacks has approved a $6 billion default judgment against them. The order signed Wednesday by Judge George Daniels is largely symbolic, but it provides some hope the relatives of Sept. 11 victims can someday recover damages. A [...]
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