The Islamic State That Kuwait and Qatar Built
The Gulf states of Kuwait and Qatar have actively – and openly – helped terrorist money-raising efforts for the Islamic State. …the West has belatedly realised that some of its supposed friends in the Gulf have been playing the disloyalty card. Had Kuwait not been freed by American, British and allied troops in 1991, it […]
Ahmad Jebril, a Dearborn, Michigan-based Islamic cleric popular with Islamic State (IS) fighters, owes a quarter of a million dollars in restitution and other costs stemming from fraud convictions. Jebril is on probation after serving 6½ years in prison. After being released in 2012, he has used social media to become what experts say is the most […]
Islamic State Fundraisers Captured By Spanish Authorities in Morroco
H/T Money Jihad Nine jihadists belonging to a cell for the Islamic State terrorist group were arrested on last month in the north of Morocco with the help of Spanish security forces. The arrests took place in Fez, Tétouan and Fnideq (Castillejos), not far from North African Spanish enclave of Ceuta, after extensive investigations involving Spanish security agents. […]
Islamic State: The Best-Funded Jihadist Group in History
“[Islamic State’s] criminal activities—robbery, extortion, and trafficking—have helped the organization become the best-funded terrorist group in history,” the senators wrote. “This wealth has helped expand their operational capacity and incentivized both local and foreign fighters to join them.” Islamic State is an offshoot of al-Qaeda in Iraq. Islamic State’s extreme viciousness led al-Qaeda to cut […]
Still More Details on Islamic State Funding
“The Islamic State is probably the wealthiest terrorist group we’ve ever known,” saidMatthew Levitt, a former U.S. Treasury terrorism and financial intelligence official who now is director of the counterterrorism and intelligence program at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. “They’re not as integrated with the international financial system, and therefore not as vulnerable” […]
Video Report on Islamic State Financing
The Islamic State is not only vicious but they are well organized and well financed. This 5-minute Bloomberg clip at the link below addresses how the Islamic State is funding itself: http://www.senseoncents.com/2014/08/how-does-the-islamic-state-fund-itself-heres-how/
The Islamic State runs a self-sustaining economy across territory it controls in Syria and Iraq, pirating oil while exacting tribute from a population of at least eight million, Arab and Western officials said, making it one of the world’s richest terror groups and an unprecedented threat. That illicit economy presents a new picture of Islamic […]
Shame on The Mirror for referring to IS as “rebels.” Scores of bright young computer experts are feared to have been recruited by Islamic State terrorists to plunder millions from UK banks and businesses. IS is already the world’s richest rebel organisation with more than £1.5billion at its disposal. Now British hacker Junaid Hussain, 20, […]
A Muslim doctor who spoke out against Australian terrorists Khaled Sharrouf and Mohamed Elomar is now the target of threatening tweets from a Twitter account believed associated with Elomar. Twitter account ‘Abu Hafs ozzie’, which shares a similar username to ones previously used by the terrorist, this morning tweeted: ‘Anyone in Sydney who can give me the details of […]
The Money Jihad blog has done it again…they have produced yet another MUST-READ report that details where ISIS is getting its ample funding. This one is not only a must-read, it needs to be bookmarked for future reference… The most important elements of ISIS’s funding are sadaqa (voluntary donations) from Arab donors in the Gulf; […]
A former head of Britain’s foreign intelligence agency, MI6, pointed in a spech to Saudi Arabia as a likely source of funding to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS)… LINK to video http://www.mrctv.org/videos/former-british-intelligence-chief-speaks-substantial-and-sustained-saudi-funding-isis
US Treasury Sanctions Three Kuwaitis for Funding Al Nusrah Front, ISIS
The U.S. Treasury Department said this week that it has imposed sanctions on three financiers of terrorism. The three Kuwait-based financiers are suspected of funding Jihadist groups in Syria and Iraq, underscoring the growing concern about Kuwaitis’ links to Al Qaeda and other Jihadist terror groups. The Treasury Department’s counterterrorism arm has grown increasingly vocal in recent months about Kuwaitis’ […]
Oh The Irony! Kuwait steps up controls on Islamic charities
Kuwait is suddenly worried about Islamic charities funding Jihadist organizations, such as ISIS, who have threatened monarchies around the Middle East… …Where has this concern been the past decade? Kuwait has stepped up controls on Islamic charities, including donations for war-ravaged Syria, as part of measures to curb funding for “extremists.” http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=67445
The Jihadist terrorist organization ISIS has been looting ancient sites and selling off the proceeds to fund their Jihadist terror campaign and the operations of their caliphate. The excellent 1389 blog has details… http://1389blog.com/2014/07/14/isis-profits-from-destruction-of-dura-europos-and-other-ancient-sites/
Belfast Telegraph: How the USA and UK Fund ISIS
Millions from governments and NGOs funding Islamic terror group… Western governments are sending millions of dollars of aid to areas held by the Islamic group ISIS in northern Syria. The aid, which is paid for by the UK, European and US governments, consists of food, medicine and hygiene kits. It is brought into the country through the […]
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria is flush with cash, and holds as much as $2 billion. Counterterrorism officials say the group knows how to use that money to its advantage. It’s showing a kind of professional acumen and discipline that sets it apart from other terrorist organizations. But what kinds of attacks can […]
ISIS funded by donations, crime
The word “zakat” does not appear in this article from Fox News, but the system they’re describing is in fact zakat… Long before it looted the Iraqi central bank in Mosul of $429 million, the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant/Syria (ISIS) was well-funded in its quest to establish a Shariah caliphate, thanks to […]
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