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, [...]
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 [...]
Prosecutors are laying out their case in court against two South Florida imams accused of funneling more than $50,000 to support the Pakistani Taliban, playing wiretapped phone calls and showing bank records to bolster their accusations against the Pakistan-born men. Hafiz Khan, the head of one of Miami’s oldest mosques, and his son, Izhar Khan, were [...]
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 [...]
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 large mosque complex is planned for rural Maryland and the supporters are soliciting funds from overseas to complete it. The Dar-us-Salaam Islamic community in College Park, Maryland is planning what would be the largest Islamic project in America, according to Creeping Shariah Blog. Residents in Maryland are opposing the project on zoning grounds–just as they [...]
Shariah Finance Watch editor briefs Congressional staffers on Shariah-Compliant Finance
On June 8, 2012 · In "Ethical Investment", AIG, Al Qaeda, Amana Funds, Center for Security Policy, Creeping Shariah, Da'Wah, Dow Jones, Dow Jones Islamic Market, Elena Kagan, Hamas, HARVARD, Hezbollah, Hizb ut-Tahrir, Holy Land Foundation, HSBC, Interest, Investors Business Daily, Iran, Islam, Islamic Banking, Islamic charities, Islamic Economics, Islamic Finance, Islamic Law, Islamization, Jihad, Jihadist Groups/Individuals, Malaysia, Money Laundering, murabaha, MURAHABA, Muslim Brotherhood, Obama, OIC, purification, Qaradawi, Qatar, Regulation, Saudi Arabia, Sharia Compliant, Shariah Banking, Shariah Finance, Shariah in Academia, Shariah insurance, Shariah Law, Shariah Mortgage, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Sudan, Takaful, Taliban, Terror, Terror Funding, terrorism, The Banker, U.S. Policymakers, UAE, United Kingdom, USA, Usmani, Usury, VIDEOS, Wahhabism, Zakat
Recently we had the opportunity to brief staff members from 10 Congressional offices on the threat of Shariah Finance. The briefing was recorded and we have posted the full 1-hour briefing here for SFW viewers… Shariah Compliant Finance and Financial Jihad
US Treasury Claims Sanctions Hitting Al Qaeda Hard
On May 11, 2012 · In Al Qaeda, Iran, Islamic charities, Jihad, Jihadist Groups/Individuals, Obama, Sanctions, Terror Funding, USA, Zakat
The US Treasury claims that its targeted sanctions program is hitting Al Qaeda and rogue nations, such as Iran, hard. We’ve no doubt that Iran, the world’s most active state sponsor of terrorism, has been substantially effected by sanctions and we would concede that Al Qaeda has no doubt been impacted in some way. But [...]
Seven people have been arrested in Britain on suspicion of funding overseas terrorism with money linked to smuggling of the stimulant khat. The arrests were part of an international probe into alleged terror fundraising and money-laundering. In a statement, Scotland Yard said the arrests were part of an investigation into a network suspected of illegally [...]
An International Conference on Islamic Funds and Investment opened this week in Karachi, Pakistan. According to the Pakistan Observer, among the large number of attendees were investors from the USA and Canada. The report indicated that some $1.3 trillion is invested in 650 Shariah-Compliant funds worldwide, including 230 in Saudi Arabia, 172 in Malaysia, 59 in [...]
As regular readers of SFW know, we focus a great deal on the many Islamic charities which have been implicated in the funding of Jihadist terrorism. This activity does not occur by accident. On the contrary, it has a doctrinal basis in Islamic law, as we have detailed many times in the past: http://www.shariahfinancewatch.org/blog/category/islamic-charities/ The [...]
ICNA: Zakat for Jihad
On April 15, 2012 · In Holy Land Foundation, ICNA, IIIT, Islam, Islamic Law, Jihad, Jihadist Groups/Individuals, Shariah Law, Terror Funding, USA, Zakat
The Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) was identified as a Muslim Brotherhood organization in the Holy Land Foundation prosecution, the largest successful terrorism financing prosecution in US history. Recently, ICNA announced that they are embarking upon a $3 million propaganda campaign to promote Shariah in America: http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/p18956.xml?genre_id= ICNA has a division called ICNA Relief, [...]
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, [...]
We have learned not to expect much from The Huffington Post. In fact, we make it a point to avoid it on most days. But today “HuffPo” published an article by Annalisa Musarra of the “Religion News Service” and we had to read it. It amounts to a celebration of Muslims NOT assimilating into society as [...]
The Yassine family of Austin, Texas is apparently quite the enterprising group. Led by Hussein “Mike” Yassine, the Yassines were quite diversified. They own 8 bars. According to law enforcement authorities they are also a one-family crime wave. They are involved in murder, money laundering, drug dealing–and they have a brother back in Lebanon who [...]
Congressional Report: Hezbollah has “several thousand” donors in the USA
On March 25, 2012 · In Hezbollah, Iran, Islam, Islamic Banking, Islamic charities, Islamic Finance, Islamic Law, Jihad, Jihadist Groups/Individuals, Sharia Compliant, Shariah Banking, Shariah Finance, Shariah Law, Terror, Terror Funding, terrorism, U.S. Policymakers, USA, Zakat
A report issued by the House Homeland Security Committee indicates that Hezbollah has a large and threatening presence inside the USA and is successfully raising funds inside the USA to support its Jihad. Among the findings outlined in the report which are particularly relevant for SFW readers: • Counterterrorism officials consider Hezbollah fundraising cells to [...]
The FBI issued a warrant for a man in Dearborn, Michigan named Ali Hammoud. The warrant was related to a case in which the proceeds from bootleg cigarettes went to the Jihadist terrorist group Hezbollah. It appears that the FBI may have gotten the wrong Ali Hammoud of Dearborn though…which prompts the question: Where is the Hezbollah [...]
A Syrian-American restaurant owner named Jamal Roman in Baton Rouge, Louisiana has been sentenced to 53 months in prison on a variety of fraud, bribery and tax evasion charges. What is also buried in the press release from the FBI below, is the fact that he also sent $700,000 to Syria, in violation of US [...]
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 [...]
Mark Polege has posted an excellent article over on BigPeace.com. We urge you to check it out. Here is an excerpt and link… One of the least talked about forms of Jihad is making great advancements into our U.S. financial system, Sharia-Compliant Finance. In short Sharia-compliant finance is “reverse money-laundering” for Islamic extremists or fund-raising for [...]
Some REALLY Bad Ideas on How to Solve America’s Debt Problems
On August 9, 2011 · In Creeping Shariah, Da'Wah, Debt Bonds, Defaults, Economic Crisis, Fatwa, Islamic Banking, Islamic Bonds, Islamic Economics, Islamic Finance, Islamization, MEDIA, Media, Nakheel, Sharia Compliant, Sharia Products, Shariah Banking, Shariah Bonds, Shariah Finance, Shariah Law, stealth jihad, SUKUK, U.S. Policymakers, USA, Usmani, Usury, Zakat
Not surprisingly, the financial jihadists are promoting Shariah as the solution to America’s debt problems. We’ve seen this before. Back in 2008, in the wake of the subprime mortgage debacle and near-financial meltdown, the financial jihadists insisted that Shariah-compliant finance would have avoided the whole mess. Then, in 2009, defaulting on sukuk (Islamic bonds) just [...]
Jihad, coming to your hometown, sooner or later… A Seattle man accused of plotting to attack a military recruiting station had filed for bankruptcy in May, but Abu Khalid Abdul-Latif was still able to buy weapons.“He stated that the money was being held by someone for him. He was saving up for religious travel,” U.S. [...]
Yours truly was interviewed for the article linked below that was published by the American Banker. The article is disappointing. It wasn’t so much what the article says, but what it does not say that bothers me. I spent a great deal of time on the telephone with the author explaining the concerns over Shariah [...]
A Muslim married couple from Toledo, Ohio have pleaded guilty to charges that they planned to provide money to Hezbollah, a plea deal that unfortunately spares them from the life sentences that they rightfully deserve. Hor and Amera Akl planned to send $1 million to Hezbollah, the Lebanese-based Jihadist terrorist organization that bombed the US [...]
American Jewish Committee Shills for Shariah in AIG Case
On May 13, 2011 · In AIG, Da'Wah, Islamic Finance, Shariah Finance, Shariah insurance, Takaful, U.S. Policymakers, USA
It pains us to have to post this article, but this is one of the most misguided examples of bad policy that we have ever come across. The American Jewish Committee (AJC) has sided with the Treasury Department and against the Thomas More Law Center in the AIG suit, which seeks to address the fact [...]
There is general outrage in the US about the revelation, which the US Federal Reserve tried to keep secret, that a Libyan bank got 73 loans from the US taxpayers during the 2008 financial crisis… http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/top-business-stories/how-a-libya-owned-bank-borrowed-from-fed-in-crisis/article1966694/
Wall Street firms received briefings from US security officials about a potential threat after the publication of the most recent issue of Inspire Magazine ran a cover story advocating jihadists target banks and other institutional wealth centers. The briefings took place in January, according to NBC news. The fourth issue of Inspire was published on [...]
State Senator Kevin Parker announced a bill today to create an alternative bond market that would be permissible under Islamic law by creating alternatives to the traditional interest-based bonds. http://www.vosizneias.com/74625/2011/01/30/brooklyn-ny-lawmaker-wants-to-attract-more-islamic-investmen%3C
The Islamization of American Business
On September 30, 2010 · In Creeping Shariah, Islamic Economics, Islamic Law, Islamization, Sharia Compliant, Sharia Products, Shariah Law, stealth jihad, USA
The intrepid Christopher Logan over at Logan’s Warning has brought a new web site to our attention: AmericanMuslimConsumer.com. On October 30th, there will be an American Muslim Consumer Conference which is described as: the only platform for industry professionals to examine this potent market sector, and explore its rich potential.It effectively raises awareness of the [...]
The Economist Lashes Out on the Ground Zero Mosque
On August 20, 2010 · In Christianity and Islam, Creeping Shariah, Da'Wah, Ground Zero Mosque, Islam, Islamic Law, Jihad, Muslim Brotherhood, Polygamy, Salafism, Saudi Arabia, Shariah Law, Spain, stealth jihad, U.S. Policymakers, Uncategorized, United Kingdom, USA
The Economist has run what amounts to a poorly researched hit piece criticizing opponents of the Ground Zero mosque. This isn’t strictly a financial matter and we usually try to limit our scope to issues surrounding finance here on SFW, however, because The Economist has been such a shameful shill for Shariah Compliant Finance in [...]
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