posted by Christopher W. Holton The ignorance of shariah certainly plays a role in the cooperation by Christians and Jews in facilitating Shariah-compliant finance. For example, according to The Reliance of the Traveler, the widely distributed and read manual of Islamic sacred law, it is unlawful under shariah to assist the religion of the Jews […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton In a rare case of true candor, the Canadian intelligence community has named several countries that it is “concerned” about with regard to terror finance. The 2018 Public Report on the Terrorism Threat to Canada. Syria, Iraq, Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Yemen, Qatar, United Arab Emirates as well as Afghanistan and Pakistan were all named in the report. Conspicuous […]
posted by Christopher Holton Here we have yet another example of an Islamic charity that has come under scrutiny due to improprieties. While there is certainly no indication that there is a terror nexus this time, the nature of the impropriety is in fact legal… The CRA characterized those shortcomings as “serious.” It said the […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton Nearly four years after the Islamic Society of North America’s Canadian wing lost its charity status for funding Jihadist terrorism, two more affiliates have been similarly sanctioned. https://shariahfinancewatch.org/2013/09/25/islamic-society-of-north-americas-canadian-wing-loses-charity-status-for-funding-terrorism/ Canadian authorities have stripped two former affiliates of the Islamic Society of North America’s Canada chapter (ISNA-Canada) of their charitable status after […]
Toronto Mosque Caught on Video Raising Money for Islamic State
Support for the Islamic State isn’t just happening on Twitter. It’s happening in the mosques…as the video at the link illustrates… http://blog.xanthippas.com/2015/09/04/toronto-mosque-was-collecting-clothes-raising-money-for-isis/
The Toronto government is paying to create a Muslim-only enclave in one of its largest public housing complexes… This week, about 11,000 people looking for subsidized housing were removed from the waiting list at Ahmadiyya Abode of Peace, a 14-storey apartment building on Finch Avenue West. About 100 of the 166 residential rental units are […]
Money is coming into Canada to promote Jihad and much of it is going to religious institutions, the prime minister’s national security adviser testified at a hearing recently on a government counterterrorism bill. Asked by Senate national security committee chairman Daniel Lang about millions of dollars allegedly coming from Gulf states “in respect to the extreme Islamic jihadist […]
Shariah-adherant advocates are hard at work trying to get pension systems–including public pension systems–to invest in Shariah-compliant bonds (sukuk) in Canada… http://www.benefitscanada.com/investments/fixed-income/faith-fixed-income-64749
More civilization suicide. This is a classic case of an elected government selling out against the interests of its own people. Canada’s Conservative government is supporting Islamic banking conferences in the Persian Gulf, with many Canadians hoping it comes to Canada. Worth $1 trillion in assets, Islamic banking is being lauded by British Prime Minister […]
CBC News speaks with financial crimes specialist Christine Duhaime http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/funding-isis-how-to-stop-cash-flow-from-countries-like-canada-1.2780258
In February 2014, the Kuwaiti KUNA press agency announced that a Montreal high school administered by Samer Al-Majthoub (aka Samer Majzoub) received an amount equivalent to $US 70,671 from the embassy of Kuwait in Canada. The embassy was acting on behalf of Kuwait’s Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs. Recent GMBDW articles have highlighted other recent contributions […]
Accused terrorist conspirator Misbahuddin Ahmed said Wednesday that he raised funds for an alleged accomplice to donate to charity even though he suspected the man was supporting foreign terrorists. http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/ahmed-gave-money-suspecting-alleged-accomplice-tied-to-terrorism-trial-hears
A new report details the intention of financial jihadists to infiltrate the Americas through the financial backdoor… Islamic finance, banking, and takaful (Islamic Insurance) has a large potential in the US and Canada despite several setbacks and various obstacles and hurdles, which exist in any secular country or nation where church and state has been […]
An outfit we’ve never come across before, the Franco-American Alliance for Islamic Finance, is holding a seminar promoting Shariah finance in North America. Where is the seminar being held? In Dubai. More details… http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1902068 http://www.faaif.com
An Islamic charity accused by Canadian government auditors of sending almost $15-million to the Palestinian jihadist terrorist group HAMAS has been raided by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, who report to have seized an “extensive amount” of evidence. Police teams searched the office of the International Relief Fund for the Afflicted and Needy Canada in Mississauga, Ontario, as well as […]
Accused terrorist conspirator Khurram Sher knew his money was going to fund terrorism and far from being an innocent caught in a web of terrorist intrigue was an active participant, Crown prosecutor Jason Wakely alleged Thursday. Sher, a 31-year-old Montreal-born pathologist, has pleaded not guilty to conspiring with two others to facilitate a terrorist conspiracy. […]
An Ontario Superior Court of Justice awarded $7-million worth of Iranian state assets in Canada to victims of terrorism. Money that Iran had stashed in Canadian bank accounts, as well as two properties in Toronto and Ottawa, will soon be liquidated for distribution. Sheriffs have been ordered to sell Iran’s properties, empty its bank accounts and […]
Back on 29 July, SFW reported that the Islamic Society of North America’s (ISNA) Canadian wing had been implicated in sending money to a Pakistani charity that was essentially a front for funding Jihad: https://shariahfinancewatch.org/2013/07/29/islamic-society-of-north-america-isna-canada-fingered-for-financial-support-of-terrorism-in-kashmir/ Now, we have the latest update from Canada on this situation. The Canadian federal government’s charity watchdog has revoked ISNA’s […]
The Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) is the largest Muslim organization in North America. It has key connections with members of the Obama administration and is frequently cited by the media as representative of the Muslim community. Many people recall that ISNA was named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation trial–the […]
A Lebanese bank that laundered money from drugs and other operations for clients tied to Hezbollah terrorists agreed to pay US authorities $102 million to settle the charges. Beirut-based Lebanese Canadian Bank was targeted in February 2011 for moving hundreds of millions of dollars for criminal groups and traffickers operating in Latin America, West Africa […]
Canada Paid $1.1 Million Ransom to Al Qaeda
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 […]
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 […]
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
U.S. officials said last week that they seized $150 million connected to a scheme in which entities linked to Hezbollah allegedly used the U.S. financial system to launder money through West Africa and back to the group’s base of Lebanon. The seizure stems from a civil lawsuit filed last year by federal prosecutors in Manhattan […]
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 […]
A division of the Muslim Association of Canada which has provided funding to an entity that collects funds for HAMAS is essentially in charge of Halal certification in Canada. To declare something “halal” is to declare it permissible under Shariah. HAMAS is an official terrorist organization according to the US State Department. http://pointdebasculecanada.ca/articles/10002592-muslim-association-of-canada-a-contributor-to-hamas-fund-collector-controls-halal-certification-in-quebec.html
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy has published a good report on the Jihadist terrorist group Hezbollah’s (spelled in the report as “Hizballah”) criminal activities, their money laundering and finance activities in particular, which will no doubt be of interest to SFW readers. Here are some excerpts and a link to the full report: […]
Hat tip to Creeping Sharia: http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2011/06/26/canadian-mosque-gets-sharia-compliant-loan-fails-to-pay-it-back/ A Halifax, Nova Scotia mosque and community center run by the Maritime Muslim Academy has had a lien placed on its assets by the architecture firm it hired to design the complex. The mosque was not financed in a conventional manner, since paying or receiving interest is haram under […]
Pakistani Shariah Bank To Enter Canada, Ireland and UK
MCB Bank Ltd has planned to extend its branch network within Pakistan and in foreign countries. MCB management has decided to launch its operation in Canada, Ireland and UK to facilitate millions of expatriate Pakistanis and potential foreign investors and businessmen. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011%5C04%5C12%5Cstory_12-4-2011_pg5_7 Note that MCB Bank’s Islamic Banking Division’s Shariah advisory is under the control […]
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