OpEdNews Column: The Dark Side of Saudi Petrodollars
There is a nice column over on OpEdNews by a man named Brian Lynch touching on Saudi Arabia’s funding of Jihadist terrorism. The column doesn’t break any new ground, but it does provide links to other recent columns by other authors dealing with the same subject matter. It is also interesting in that the column […]
Charity Navigator is supposed to be a watchdog for philanthropists to help them make responsible and sound decisions as to where to donate their time and money. Evidently, Charity Navigator is limited in its scope to the extent that ties to organizations that support officially-designated terrorist organizations evidently are not disqualified from a high rating. […]
The excellent Gatestone Institute has an important report posted regarding a UK Islamic charity with apparent connections to funding jihad. The large number of links between Islamic Relief Worldwide and extremist terror groups suggests that buried beneath the cover of a charity lies a structured pro-terror group with an anti-Western agenda. http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3792/islamic-relief-worldwide-terrorism
HAMAS on “Jihad with Money”
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 […]
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.” […]
Islamic Charities Revealed: Bankrollers of Terror
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.” […]
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 […]
The Wall Street Journal Weighs In On Al Goreeza: Inconvenient Truths About Al Jazeera…and about Dow Jones too
We’re glad to see that the Wall Street Journal has weighed in on the nefarious aspects of Al Jazeera, echoing what we reported here on SFW last week: https://shariahfinancewatch.org/2013/01/03/al-gore-sells-out-to-qatar-state-owned-al-jazeera-buys-current-tv/ It’s worth pointing out some of the highlights in the Journal’s article: …the network reflects the interests of the government that runs it—making it akin to […]
Al Gore Sells Out to Qatar: State-Owned Al Jazeera Buys Current TV
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: […]
World Bank Sends HAMAS $6.4 Million
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 […]
Lawsuit Against Arab Bank in Sniper Attack Dismissed
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 […]
A New, Interesting Lawsuit: Americans in Israel Sue America for Funding HAMAS
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 […]
More on the “End of the Line” for the Holy Land Foundation
Two days ago we reported on the legal challenge to the Holy Land Foundation terrorism financing conviction and the fact that the US Supreme Court had denied the appeal: https://shariahfinancewatch.org/2012/10/30/another-important-victory-the-holy-land-foundation-trial-redux/ The good folks at the Investigative Project on Terrorism published a similar report which we think is worth examining: The United States Supreme Court has […]
Observers who follow such things know how important the Holy Land Foundation terrorism financing trial has been in uncovering the spread of both violent and civilizational jihad in the USA. For those who may not be familiar with the Holy Land Foundation trial, here is a very brief synopsis: The Holy Land Foundation was the largest Islamic charity in the […]
For years, Hamas, Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad have been raising funds through extortion and blackmail from Arab residents of the Latin countries and processing the funds through the tri-border area where Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay meet as well as, in more recent years, the Islamic “Cultural” Center on Margarita Island, Venezuela. [Hugo Chavez] has formed […]
How Zakat Funds Jihad
From time to time SFW provides links to primary sources which affirm the use of zakat funds to support violent jihad. For new readers who are unfamiliar with the term “zakat,” it is a form of tithing in Islam. Individuals, as well as businesses, are required to pay it. Muslims who are able to do […]
As U.S. senators digest a sharply critical committee report confirming massive international money laundering by global banking giant HSBC, the Internal Revenue Service is acknowledging receipt of a whistleblower claim from a former employee of the bank who presented 1,000 pages of evidence to WND six months ago, after local and federal authorities ignored him. A series […]
An Extremely Important Article on Shariah-Compliant Finance from Congressman Allen West
Investor’s Business Daily and Congressman Allen West have teamed up overnight to publish an extremely important op ed penned by Congressman West on the subject of Shariah-Compliant Finance. In his column, Congressman West points out virtually all of the major concerns surrounding Shariah-Compliant Finance and laments that it has received no critical scrutiny from US […]
A widely-exalted charity embraced by the U.S. government called Islamic Relief USA hosted a Palestine Benefit Dinner in Orlando this weekend. A second fundraiser was held in Fort Lauderdale. The events (featured) the chairman of Americans for Palestine and a former official of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Islamic Relief USA says it belongs to […]
Lawyers for American victims of a Hamas triple suicide bombing who successfully sued Iran for damages have slammed the US Justice Department’s backing of a court ruling preventing the plaintiffs from obtaining information about Iran’s US-based assets… http://iranaware.com/2012/06/15/obama-opposes-forcing-iran-to-reveal-assets-to-victims-of-iran-funded-hamas-jihad-bombing/
Members of the House Judiciary Committee on oversight on Thursday called on U.S. Attorney General to provide documents and evidence relating to the landmark Holy Land Foundation trial – the largest terrorism financing trial in U.S. history. The committee made a nearly identical request more than a year ago, however, the documents were never […]
Shariah Finance Watch editor briefs Congressional staffers on Shariah-Compliant Finance
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
The Kind Hearts charity has officially ceased operations in a deal struck with the US Treasury Department. Officially known as KindHearts for Charitable Humanitarian Development, the Islamic charity was founded almost immediately after the Holy Land Foundation was shut down, in what became the largest terrorism financing conviction in US history. KindHearts was subsequently shut down […]
One of the chief concerns about Shariah-Compliant Finance has to do with zakat, the system of tithing in Islam that so often involves the funding of Islamic charities which in turn distribute money to violent Jihadist terrorist organizations, particularly HAMAS and Lashkar-e-Taiba. Proponents of Shariah Finance act as if this concern is completely unfounded and […]
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
Western Financial Organizations Now Reaching Out to Muslim Brotherhood
The Wall Street Journal now has an article published entitled: “Muslim Brotherhood Looks West in Bid to Revive Egyptian Economy.” The article requires a subscription to the Journal, so not everyone who clicks on the link below will be able to read it. But suffice it to say that the West is engaging the Muslim […]
According to an article on the Muslim Brotherhood’s own web site, the use of zakat as a means to redistribute wealth will be a prominent feature of the new government’s taxation and welfare policies. What the article is careful to avoid, however, is the fact that zakat is also used to fund Jihad, referred to […]
Iran to issue $5 billion in Islamic bonds for South Pars oil and gas project
Iran, the world’s foremost state sponsor of Jihadist terrorism and a country that is building nuclear weapons in defiance of United Nations resolutions, is set to issue $5 billion in sukuk (Islamic bonds) to finance its huge South Pars offshore oil and gas field. Five billion dollars in bonds will be issued in the current […]
Correcting The New Misinformation on Islamic Charities Funding Jihadist Terrorism
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 […]
Global Finance Magazine honors Genocide’s Bankers with an Award
From the “what the heck were they thinking?” category comes the news that the New York-based Global Finance Magazine has bestowed an honor on the Islamic Republic of Sudan’s Al Salam Bank. The award was “Best Bank in Sudan, ” not a significant one to be sure, but there are plenty of reasons why Global […]
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